11.   Crude oil prices are expected to fall following increases in refined product inventories reported by the American Petroleum Institute after markets closed yesterday.

12.   Exporters fell following a drop in the dollar.

13.   Gains were pared in late trading as U.S. markets fell following a report of disappointing third-quarter earnings from International Business Machines Corp.

14.   High-tech shares fell following the drop in the Nasdaq Composite Index in U.S. trading.

15.   In the Kansas City Value Line, stock-index futures fell following a sell-off in the blue-chips.

16.   In the U.S. Friday, bonds and stocks fell following the retail sales report.

17.   In the Kansas City Value Line, stock-index futures fell following nearly all other stock market indicators.

18.   Interest rate futures, used to bet on changes in bank lending rates, fell following the report.

19.   Japanese semiconductor-related equipment makers fell following the drop in the U.S. as Texas Instruments Inc. and Intel Corp. led a slump in computer-related issues.

20.   Kansas City Value Line stock-index futures fell following a drop in technology issues, said Dick Halford, a Kansas City Value Line trader.