41.   Soybean prices also were buoyed by predictions for more dry weather in areas east of the Mississippi River.

42.   Talk of problems with the spring wheat crop also buoyed prices.

43.   That, Mead said, almost certainly would lead to capital gains tax cuts, and that would buoy stock prices.

44.   That news buoyed prices of shares in the broader indexes too, all of which outperformed the Dow on Wednesday.

45.   The fact that U.S. and European oil inventories are running far behind their historic averages also has help buoy oil prices.

46.   The lowest government bond yields in more than two years helped buoy stock prices, traders said.

47.   The shutdown helped buoy gasoline prices last week.

48.   There was no specific news to buoy prices, he said.

49.   This, in turn, further buoys stock prices while creating risk for the portfolio manager.

50.   Those three nations led a coalition that managed to win agreement for production cuts last March, temporarily buoying prices.