1.   Also, the consumer confidence index rose in September, sign that retail sales of computers could be robust in the holiday season.

2.   AUSTRALIAN benchmark stock index rose to records as banks, such as Commonwealth Bank of Australia, gained.

3.   Bonds initially fell as the benchmark stock index rose to a four-month high, dimming the allure of fixed-income securities.

4.   Forty-six stocks in the index rose, while just eight fell.

5.   Forty-five of the forty-eight stocks that make up the index rose, while one was unchanged and only two fell.

6.   Japanese bonds fell for the first time in four sessions as the benchmark Nikkei stock index rose, prompting concern investors might shop for better returns in equities.

7.   Major stock market indexes rose, led by technology and banking shares.

8.   The bolsa index rose about three-tenths of a percent today as big companies like Telephonos de Mexico SA and Grupo Televisa SA had nice gains.

9.   The index rose as the broader market fell.

10.   The main TURKISH stock index rose, led by makers of light trucks such as Anadolu Isuzu Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret AS.