71.   Among gainers in the NYC metropolitan region were shares of Madison, New Jersey-based American Home Products Corp.

72.   Among the biggest gainers Wednesday were shares of Clark Equipment Co., which makes construction machinery.

73.   Among the biggest gainers were shares of banking companies, whose lending and profits pick up when interest rates fall.

74.   Among the candidates that could sell shares are Twentieth Century Mutual Funds of Kansas City, Missouri, and Van Kampen American Capital of Chicago, analysts said.

75.   Among the biggest decliners were shares of Applied Digital Access Inc., which makes telecommunications test equipment.

76.   Among the biggest gainers were shares of telephone companies.

77.   Among the biggest losers on the day were bank shares.

78.   Among the biggest losers on the day were shares of software, semiconductor and computer companies.

79.   Among the Equifax insiders buying shares were James J. Allhusen, executive vice president.

80.   An Invesco fund of North American equities and another of commodity shares are among the biggest sellers with Japanese investors, Rogers said.