Sentence examples for comfortable gain from inspiring English sources

Stocks got off to a mixed start but built up a comfortable gain and by day's end the Dow Jones industrial average was up 42 points to 11,499, the S&P 500 8 points to 1,243 and the Nasdaq 20 points to 2,637.

Now, though, she's a growing child, she needs to feel comfortable gaining weight.

U.S. equities were tamer but still posting comfortable gains.

At the closing bell the major indexes ended the session with comfortable gains.

With a short-term lifeline for U.S. automakers perhaps only hours away, Wall Street was holding onto comfortable gains Monday afternoon.

The major averages finished with comfortable gains as investors look ahead to the latest inflation reading and ponder the future of a Wall Street icon.

Major banks and brokers were posting comfortable gains nearing day's end, with Dow components Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase up more than 3%.

New York's stock exchanges shrugged off a brief bout of selling pressure Tuesday afternoon to finish the day with comfortable gains.

Wall Street had a murky open after Caterpillar recorded its first quarterly loss since 1992 and halved its 2009 earnings forecast, but stocks trimmed their losses quickly and by noon the major averages were posting comfortable gains.

This gave me time to get comfortable and gain confidence in what I'd actually be doing for the next six months.

Harrison's victory was by far the more comfortable, having gained almost 50% of the first preference vote by 11pm.