21.   Asian stock indexes dropped today.

22.   As is clear from the stock indexes, shares of other electronics companies have suffered too.

23.   As virtually every American stock index climbed to new highs this year, the Dow transports had been the most prominent laggard.

24.   Asian stock indexes slumped only from the third week of October.

25.   At the same time, the blockbuster Nasdaq stock index is becoming the darling index of investors with its holdings in the technology sector.

26.   Australian stocks surged as banks led the benchmark stock index to its biggest one day gain this year.

27.   Australian stocks surged as banks led the benchmark stock index to its biggest one-day gain this year.

28.   Automakers and auto parts companies listed on the Topix stock index led rising stocks in Japan.

29.   Banks, food makers and chemical makers led stock indexes higher.

30.   AUSTRALIAN benchmark stock index rose to records as banks, such as Commonwealth Bank of Australia, gained.