1.   Among them, Minnesota Mining and General Motors led the index higher.

2.   An end-of-quarter buying spree and lack of concern about upcoming economic reports pushed major stock-market indexes higher Monday.

3.   As a result, buying pushed the Dow and other indexes higher from the opening bell, even though bond prices drifted lower.

4.   Banco de Colombia and Banco de Bogota led the index higher.

5.   Barclays Plc, HSBC Holdings Plc, Abbey National Plc and Lloyds Bank Plc led share indexes higher.

6.   Banco Ganadero led the index higher.

7.   Banks, food makers and chemical makers led stock indexes higher.

8.   Bank stocks led the Topix index higher on optimism breaking the impasse would help banks get on with the job of disposing of their bad loans.

9.   Better-than-expected profit reports last week from Compaq Computer Corp. and IBM helped drive the index higher.

10.   A surge in General Electric helped lead those two indexes higher, as investors speculated that its acquisition of Honeywell International might be in trouble.