11.   Gains in the dollar against the yen buoyed shares of exporters.

12.   Japanese mining shares were also buoyed by higher gold prices.

13.   Neff said the weaker dollar also is buoying shares of Hewlett-Packard Co., which will report fiscal second-quarter results after the close of U.S. trading Thursday.

14.   Optimistic statements from experts at a U.K. conference on HIV ALSO helped buoy drug shares.

15.   Optimistic statements from experts at a U.K. conference on HIV helped buoy drug shares.

16.   Rising Asian stocks also buoyed Swiss shares.

17.   Shares have been buoyed by tons of money flowing into mutual funds.

18.   Seattle-based Boeing has been among the best performers this year, its shares buoyed by surging orders for aircraft from airlines around the world.

19.   Shares were buoyed after Telmex said it plans to charge a flat rate for all long-distance calls in Mexico next year.

20.   The inflation report buoyed shares of food and beverage companies on hopes rapid increases in raw material costs that had battered profits are over.