1.   A drop in the dollar on the back of reports showing weakness in the U.S. economy capped early gains.

2.   Bundesbank Chief Economist Otmar Issing said double-digit unemployment is capping wage gains and minimizing the risk of inflation as the German economy recovers.

3.   Concern that the economic slowdown will cut into earnings before the Bank of Japan tries to do anything about it capped gains, traders said.

4.   Concern that the economic slowdown will cut into earnings before the Bank of Japan tries to do anything about it will cap gains, traders said.

5.   Ex-dividend stocks helped to cap the gains.

6.   European stocks and bonds were mixed as lower U.S. Treasuries pulled European bonds from their highs, capping gains among struggling European stock indexes.

7.   Gains may be capped by an overnight fall in U.S. Treasuries, the benchmark for global interest rates.

8.   Gains were capped early in the day, as the dollar dropped against the yen on the back of reports showing potential weakness in the U.S. economy.

9.   Gains may be capped because the rally has been so strong already, they said.

10.   Gains were capped by a report that Bank of Japan Gov. Yasuo Matsushita might resign because of health troubles.