21.   Astra repeated a forecast made in its first-half report that its sales will rise at a faster pace than total market growth.

22.   Astra repeated its forecast made in its first-half report that sales will rise at a faster pace than total market growth.

23.   Astra repeated the forecast made in its first-half report that sales will rise at a faster pace than total market growth.

24.   Auto companies were among the biggest gainers on expectations sales will rise as an upturn in consumer demand accompanies the economic recovery.

25.   Auto companies were among the biggest gainers amid expectations sales will rise as stronger consumer demand accompanies the economic recovery.

26.   Before that, imported car sales rose every month for almost three years.

27.   Before trading began, the Commerce Department announced that retail sales barely rose in December.

28.   Bond yields were little changed after the Commerce Department reported that retail sales rose in June for the first time in four months.

29.   Bonds recovered in late trading, as Treasury bonds rose on a report that February U.S. retail sales rose less than expected.

30.   According to the latest Confederation of British Industry distributive trades survey out Friday, retail sales rose at their fastest pace this year in April.