51.   It was the second consecutive record session.

52.   It looked at times as if stocks would slide for a third consecutive session, thereby heightening concerns about the staying power of the current bull market.

53.   It was the fifth consecutive session in which volume exceeded a billion shares on Nasdaq.

54.   Lawmakers must vote on the issue in two consecutive sessions before it can be included on the ballot.

55.   Markets Stocks gained for a second consecutive session in lackluster trading.

56.   Markets Stocks were mixed for the second consecutive session.

57.   NASDAQ stocks slumped for the third consecutive session Thursday as investors took profits in high-technology shares, casting a further pall over the market in general.

58.   Pfizer dropped for a third consecutive session, after a wild run-up on the release of its impotence drug, Viagra.

59.   Peruvian stocks rose for a sixth consecutive session, as investors continued to buy zinc mining shares amid high international prices for the metal.

60.   Prices of Treasury securities fell for the second consecutive session.