21.   Auto stocks gained as investors bet car companies will report year-over-year sales increase for August.

22.   Backers say the group hopes to parlay the influence the industry has gained as a significant source of campaign cash and policy advice for elected officials.

23.   Bank shares usually gain as interest rates decline because loan demand increases.

24.   Banks gained as bond yields fell before rising late in the day.

25.   Banks stocks also gained as recent U.K. economic reports suggested domestic growth was subdued and interest rates may not need to rise any time soon.

26.   Before that, stocks and bonds gained as government reports reinforced optimism that slower growth will keep inflation from accelerating.

27.   Bonds also gained as investors looked ahead to price and jobs reports for more evidence that turmoil in Asia and a slowing economy are keeping inflation in check.

28.   Bonds also gained as the dollar rose against the Japanese yen and German mark, traders said.

29.   Bonds gain as forecasts for inflation and growth decline.

30.   Bonds also gained as Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, in his second day of semi-annual Congressional testimony, repeated his view that the economy will slow.