1.   OTHER EUROPEAN INDEX Pharmaceutical stocks buoyed Swiss stocks after a Roche drug was approved by U.S. officials.

2.   Rising Asian stocks also buoyed Swiss shares.

3.   Sinking stocks often buoy bonds, making their fixed payments more attractive.

4.   Soaring stocks also buoyed bonds, traders said.

5.   Technology stocks buoy the economy.

6.   Technology stocks have buoyed the stock market for the past several months as investors expected the long-awaited program to spur demand for computers, software and components.

7.   Internet stocks were buoying the Nasdaq.