31.   Oil shares climbed, one day after a spate of surprisingly strong first-quarter profits.

32.   Oil shares climbed amid renewed Middle East tension.

33.   Oil shares climbed, a day after a spate of surprisingly strong first-quarter profits.

34.   Oil shares climbed along with oil prices on expectations that Saudi Arabia and other oil producing states would agree to reduce oil production and thereby lift oil prices.

35.   Oil shares climbed, one day after most reported surprisingly strong first-quarter profits.

36.   One exception to the technology slide Wednesday was the software company, Lotus Development Corp., whose shares climbed despite a decline in earnings.

37.   Other Connecticut companies whose shares climbed include Oxford Health Plans Inc.

38.   Other computer-related shares climbed.

39.   Prospects of growth that is just fast enough to keep inflation in check and corporate profits rolling along had money managers predicting shares could climb even higher.

40.   Real estate shares climbed four percent, making them the second best performing group, and auto and electronics shares followed.