21.   Prices of Treasury securities fell, following the decline in the value of the dollar on currency markets.

22.   Separately, shares in forestry companies continued recent decline following a decline in pulp prices.

23.   Silicon Valley stocks followed a decline in the broader market.

24.   St. Louis stocks fell for the second consecutive day, again following a decline in Edison Brothers Stores Inc. shares.

25.   SWEDISH stocks tumbled as banking shares such as Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB and heavyweights Ericsson AB and Astra AB followed a decline in U.S. stocks.

26.   Texas stocks ended at their lowest weekly close in more than a month following declines in Consolidated Graphics Inc. and TransTexas Gas Corp.

27.   That decline was followed the next day by a surprise cut of half of a percentage point by the Fed in its benchmark short-term interest rate.

28.   That follows declines in nickel, zinc, aluminum and copper on the London Metal Exchange.

29.   That followed a decline reported yesterday by the National Association of Purchasing Management in its June manufacturing index.

30.   That followed a decline in U.S. shares on Friday.