11.   Brazilian stocks rose for the fifth straight session, led by utilities and telecommunications stocks, on optimism about lower borrowing costs for Brazilian companies.

12.   Brazilian stocks fell for a fourth straight session, dragged down by Telecomunicacoes Brasileiras SA and its units, amid concern over a widening trade deficit.

13.   Brazilian stocks fell for the third straight session on concern that U.S. interest rates could rise next week and interrupt a declining trend for Brazilian domestic interest rates.

14.   A bill to open access to the original documents appears stalled, for the second straight session, in the Texas Legislature.

15.   After falling to a new low against the yen for the third straight session, the dollar ended little changed.

16.   Brazilian stocks fell for a third straight session on concern that U.S. interest rates could rise next week and interrupt a declining trend for Brazilian domestic interest rates.

17.   Brazilian stocks rose for a fifth straight session, led by utilities and a surge in Petroleo Brasileiro SA, the state-controlled oil company.

18.   Brazilian stocks rose for a third straight session, led by Petroleo Brasileiro SA and utility stocks, as professional investors dominated the market.

19.   Brazilian stocks fell for a second straight session amid high price volatility as the expiration date for options contracts on Telecomunicacoes Brasileiras SA draws near.

20.   But the migration of money to traditional stocks boosted the Dow Jones industrial average for the third straight session.