In the absence of lower interest rates, better profits are probably the best catalyst for more market gains.

Their market gains have been greatly diminished by the falling yen.

In this case, total return included market gains and dividends reinvested.

If these reports give added evidence of a strong economy, as many expect, it sets the stage for further market gains.

Only a relatively small part of that increase in value comes from market gains.

The market gains on Friday weren't enough to offset earlier losses.

But he thought that Mexico's political situation was probably stable enough to support continued market gains in the coming year.

Concern over corporate profits and inflation held market gains to a minimum, they said.

"The bad news is that there has been no market gain in the value of the co-op," he said.

Most Internet stocks were too small to cause the era's big market gains.