71.   Banking stocks were doing well for the second day in a row amid reports of strong buybacks by banking companies.

72.   Banking stocks, propped by cuts in the reserve requirement and declining interest rates, continued to defy gravity Wednesday.

73.   Banking stocks also continued upward as consolidation speculation spread.

74.   Banking stocks benefited on the belief that lending and underwriting activity of stocks and bonds will stay healthy if interest rates remain stable.

75.   Banking stocks were among those hardest hit, with Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC all diving.

76.   Banking stocks were in the doldrums for most of Friday after Merrill Lynch published a negative note on the sector.

77.   Banking stocks, especially Grupo Financiero Galicia, pushed the market higher.

78.   Banking stocks benefited on the belief that lending and underwriting activity of stocks and bonds will stay healthy if interest rates remain stable based on the positive economic indicators.

79.   Banking stocks closed mixed.

80.   Banking stocks gained ground Tuesday, pushing the market higher.