11.  Companies sensitive to rising interest rates --particularly banks, insurance companies and utilities, suffered over pessimism y?about rates.

12.  Connecticut stocks climbed to a record, led by reinsurer General Re Corp., amid demand for stocks of insurance and other interest-rate sensitive companies.

13.  Consumer shares continued to outperform shares of more economically sensitive companies as investors speculated that such stocks will perform relatively better in a slow-growth economy.

14.  Economically sensitive companies such as the airlines say their business is still shrinking.

15.  Economically sensitive companies slumped, overshadowing gains in steady-earning food and household product companies.

16.  DuPont Co. rose alongside chemical, auto and other economically sensitive companies.

17.  European companies sensitive to falling rates -- such as banks, insurance companies and utilities -- suffered from pessimism about rates.

18.  Economically sensitive companies rose.

19.  Even shares of economically sensitive companies reversed earlier losses.

20.  Expectations that the Fed will clamp down on the economy also hurt shares of economically sensitive companies.