51.   While the decline in Nasdaq stocks was most pronounced, other major market gauges also moved lower.

52.   Other popular market gauges displayed mixed readings.

53.   Broadly based market gauges also displayed positive readings.

54.   Broadly based market gauges stayed close to their starting points.

55.   But broadly based market performance gauges gained and several beat their prior bests set Monday.

56.   Investors started off the day buying and sending market gauges higher, encouraged by a positive report on factory orders for July.

57.   Key market gauges fell, however, in Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan and the Philippines.

58.   Market gauges comprising a wider range of stocks showed minor changes.

59.   Other popular market gauges rose.

60.   Records have been set repeatedly in all the popular market gauges mainly because declining interest rates have inspired optimism among investors.