1.   All this made for a bad day for brokerage shares.

2.   Also higher were stocks of maritime and air transportation companies, as well as brokerage shares such as Nomura Securities.

3.   And many in Wall Street think that brokerage shares, despite rich prices and a history of sharp cyclical swings, have still more room to fly.

4.   At the same time, banks are likely to sell some of their holdings of brokerage shares.

5.   Banking and brokerage shares fell on concern that economic strength will lead to higher interest rates, traders said.

6.   Banks and brokerage shares rose on optimism declining interest rates and rising stock trading will boost their earnings.

7.   All the news sent brokerage shares into a tailspin.

8.   Brokerage shares also rose with Nomura Securities leading the charge.

9.   Brokerage shares rose on expectations that more of them will be acquired, after Bankers Trust New York Corp. agreed to buy Alex.

10.   Brokerage shares also declined amid concern more brokerages could be implicated in a scandal at Nomura Securities Co. over payoffs to racketeers.