61. Municipal bonds were little changed as renewed demand from individual investors helped to temper a decline in prices of benchmark U.S. Treasury securities. 62. Oil stocks helped temper declines on the broader market. 63. Oil and gas issues, led by Canadian Occidental, tempered the decline. 64. Oil and gas stocks tempered declines. 65. Oil producers rose for the first time in seven trading sessions to help temper declines. 66. Oil producers and gold miners helped temper the decline. 67. Optimism that second-quarter profits will exceed estimates tempered the decline. 68. Price declines today were tempered by expectations that a USDA report tomorrow will show that wheat stockpiles are at their lowest in decades. 69. Real estate issues, such as Trizec Hahn Corp. tempered the decline. 70. Real estate issues tempered market declines, led by Trizec Hahn Corp. |