21.   Peugeot carmaker Sevel Argentina SA and textile maker Alpargatas Saic, two major exporters, also fell on concern that sales to neighboring Brazil will decline.

22.   Shares of petrochemical and textile maker Cydsa SA and airline holding company Cintra SA led the declines.

23.   Shares of textile makers jumped on news industry leader Toray Industries Inc. will boost its domestic production of synthetic fiber.

24.   Some Democrats, including Sen. Ernest Hollings of South Carolina, oppose the legislation because, they say, it would hurt textile makers.

25.   Textile makers jumped on news that industry leader Toray Industries Inc. will boost its domestic production of synthetic fiber.

26.   The board of Saurer AG, the ailing Swiss textile machinery maker, has appointed Ernst Thomke as its new interim chief executive officer.

27.   The company has been trying to position itself more as a consumer products company than a textile maker, Norwood added.

28.   The fabric evaluation project grew out of a longstanding quality control problem faced by textile makers.

29.   The most recent was textile maker Bossa TAS.

30.   The most traded stock at the Sao Paulo exchange was textile maker Artex SA.