11.   Advancing issues outnumbered losers two-to-one.

12.   Advancing issues were about evenly matched with decliners.

13.   But Laubscher saw the narrow margin of advancing issues as a possible weakness for the market.

14.   Declining stocks outnumbered advancing issues by a small margin.

15.   On the Big Board, advancing issues outpaced stocks that fell in price by a ratio of two to one.

16.   On the New York Stock Exchange, declining issues edged advancing issues by a slim margin in relatively light trading.

17.   The decline was tempered by advancing gold issues, such as Barrick Gold Corp., on higher bullion prices.

18.   The decline was tempered by advancing gold issues like Barrick Gold Corp.

19.   The decline was tempered by advancing gold issues.

20.   The number of declining stocks outpaced advancing issues.