81.   Stock traders were anticipating a rise in stocks this morning as the package could boost earnings of contractors and suppliers tied to public works spending.

82.   Stock traders would be whooping it up on the floor of the exchange, or sobbing in their hankies.

83.   Stock traders, possibly looking forward to a Republican victory in midterm congressional elections, bid up stock prices Tuesday in brisk trading.

84.   Stocks closed mixed Wednesday, as stock traders wondered whether the latest evidence of an economic slowdown was good news or bad.

85.   Stock traders and investors paid little attention to those concerns, preferring to focus on fast-growing technology stocks.

86.   Stock traders had anticipated strong chip demand in the ratio and bought stocks.

87.   Stock traders had clamored for strong inflation-fighting medicine but swooned when they got it Tuesday.

88.   Stock traders have been tracking the bond market, where interest rates rose and prices fell Thursday, said Todd Clark, senior block trader at Mabon Securities.

89.   Stock traders noted Monday that there were so few buyers for most stocks that sellers could get out only if they accepted prices well below the prevailing market.

90.   Stock traders often take their cue from the bond market.