31.   AUSTRALIAN stocks gained as base metals prices were pushed higher by an improved growth outlook in the U.S. and higher gold prices.

32.   Because it is limited to diversified funds, for one, instead of volatile sector fund that rocket up and down with something like gold prices or technology stocks.

33.   Because new mining and exploration was also halted when gold prices plummeted, prices should soon begin to rise again, Strome is betting.

34.   Besides reducing revenue, falling gold prices prompt mines to scale back production and focus on mining higher-grade areas.

35.   Bond prices received some support Wednesday by the third consecutive decline in gold prices, whose recent rally had troubled the Treasury market over the last week.

36.   Bonds also were buoyed as gold prices declined, traders said.

37.   Bonds also got a boost from a rally in the dollar, and from declines in oil and gold prices, traders said.

38.   Bonds also were buoyed as gold prices declined and the dollar gained against the German mark, traders said.

39.   Bonds were also bolstered by a slide in gold prices.

40.   Both are affected by volatility in gold prices.