31.   A few St. Louis stocks posted gains, including chemical and pharmaceutical concern Monsanto Co.

32.   After posting strong gains on Monday, equity markets in Indonesia, Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan were modestly higher Tuesday.

33.   Airline stocks also posted big gains in advance of earnings reports, analysts said.

34.   All regions except the Midwest posted gains on the month.

35.   All regions posted a gain in November, except for the West.

36.   All the major indexes posted small gains.

37.   All the major market averages posted significant gains on Tuesday.

38.   All three Detroit-based automakers posted gains.

39.   All three stocks posted gains.

40.   All of those companies posted solid gains Monday.