1.   Auto stocks inched up.

2.   Half an hour later, the stock inched upward.

3.   Minnesota stocks inched higher, led by Zytec Corp., Merrill Corp. and Northwest Airlines Corp., on investor hopes for economic growth.

4.   Ohio stocks inched up to set a record for the fourth straight day, spurred by Circle Financial Corp. and Gibson Greetings Corp.

5.   Ohio stocks inched upward, reversing a two-day fall, as a drop by Omnicare Inc. offset gains by Banc One Corp. and Parker Hannifin Corp.

6.   St. Louis stocks inched higher during the holiday-shortened week as shares including Monsanto Co. and McDonnell Douglas Corp. posted small gains.

7.   Stocks inched lower Friday in a volatile trading session, as the market prepared for the flood of fourth-quarter corporate earnings reports expected to begin next week.

8.   Stocks inched higher Tuesday in thin, convictionless trading in advance of an important inflation report scheduled to be released Wednesday morning.

9.   Japanese stocks inched up.

10.   Mexican stocks inched higher Wednesday in thin trading, supported by the Dow Jones Industrials after early gains were trimmed by profit-taking.