21.   Gains in British Telecommunications Plc, British Gas Plc and Barclays Plc led the index higher.

22.   Gold stocks played the biggest role in leading the index lower.

23.   General Electric led both indexes higher.

24.   In the stock markets Tuesday, General Electric and American Express received the most attention from analysts as they appeared to lead the indexes lower.

25.   Intel, Cisco Systems Inc. and Oracle Corp. led the index lower.

26.   International Business Machines Corp. and Philip Morris Cos. led the index higher.

27.   International Paper Co., Dupont Co., Coca-Cola Co. and Philip Morris Cos. led the index higher.

28.   Leading the index lower was Shiva, a maker of computer networking equipment.

29.   Losses at Philip Morris Cos., Ameritech Corp. and Case Corp. led the index to its fifth weekly decline in six weeks.

30.   Maryland-area stocks fell, led by the shares of several health care and medical products companies that yesterday led the index higher.