1.   European steel producers were judged to be breaking the code.

2.   While other larger steel producers had struggled and often failed against foreign competition, Nucor succeeded.

3.   Among some of the heaviest traded shares was Eregli, a state-controlled steel producer.

4.   An Inland Steel Industries Inc. shareholder has proposed that the steel producer spin off its Ryerson Tull Inc. stock to shareholders.

5.   An oil driller, a maker of industrial cutting tools, an acquisition steel producer and a paper company.

6.   Analysts also expect LTV Corp. and National Steel Corp., the third- and fifth-largest steel producers, to post higher profits.

7.   And steel producer Nucor Corp. reduced prices for some of its products to bolster sales.

8.   And, while the steel producers complain about low-cost imports, users of steel benefit.

9.   Argentine shares rose to a five-year high as a spate of planned public works projects drew investors to construction companies, steel producers and cement makers.

10.   Arbed SA, a Luxembourg steel producer, confirmed it also bid for CSI.