31.   Stocks finished little changed Friday.

32.   Stocks finished mixed on Thursday as declines among a handful of larger companies dragged down the Dow Jones industrial average.

33.   Stocks finished mixed.

34.   Those increases were the highlights of an otherwise lackluster trading session, in which stocks finished mixed as declines among financial shares dragged down the Dow Jones industrial average.

35.   Tobacco stocks also finished in minus territory, as traders worried about litigation prospects.

36.   Wall Street loosened its link to international equity markets Tuesday, as stocks finished modestly higher despite another selloff in Hong Kong.

37.   Philippine stocks finished higher Thursday, although considerably off their intraday high, on bargain-hunting, traders said.

38.   Philippine stocks finished higher Tuesday, boosted by a stronger peso and steady purchases of first-tier stocks, traders said.

39.   Overseas, stocks finished lower Thursday.

40.   Philippine stocks finished mixed Thursday, with most shares retreating on the back of a weaker peso and losses on Wall Street, traders said.