11.   The four-week average has risen steadily since mid-April.

12.   Two major market averages rose to new highs even as investors took profits in bellwether technology and Internet issues.

13.   But while the market averages rose, there were notable pockets of weakness.

14.   On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average initially rose on news of the rate increase, fell sharply minutes later, and then rose again.

15.   The blue-chip Nikkei average rose back by late morning, but weak auto output data for October exacerbated the falls in auto stocks in the afternoon.

16.   THE Dow Jones industrial average rose to its sixth straight record high on Wednesday as another early wave of profit-taking proved fleeting.

17.   The Dow Jones industrial average rose in early trading but fell just as abruptly in response to the July employment figures.

18.   Tokyo share prices fell though the Dow Jones industrial average rose overnight.

19.   Utility stocks gave a little ground, pushing the Dow Jones utility average down slightly while other Dow averages rose.

20.   Until then the Dow Jones industrial average had risen during seven consecutive sessions of trading.