51.   In addition to the Dow, the broader market averages also soared.

52.   Its funds are all down for the year, some far more than general market averages.

53.   Losses in broader market averages would have been greater if not for late-day gains in shares of auto and chemical companies.

54.   Major market averages fell Thursday for the second straight session as earnings disappointments continued to fuel selling.

55.   Many analysts say the settlement will bring the earnings multiples closer to the market average.

56.   Market averages did drop sharply at the opening, and computer and other big technology companies remained under pressure throughout the day.

57.   More important, perhaps, major market averages appear to have found a bottom.

58.   Meanwhile, most other major market averages barely budged.

59.   Most mutual-fund managers have lagged the market in recent years, causing investors to flock to index funds, whose portfolios replicate the market averages.

60.   Monday, after again brushing the magic number, the broad market averages drifted downward.