Sentence examples for consecutive advance from inspiring English sources

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, in its seventh consecutive advance, rose 48 points, or 0.5%, to 10,734, a new closing high for 2010.

The S&P is on track for its third consecutive advance, which pushed the index above an intraday peak set in September to its highest since December 2007.

Seven consecutive advances have pushed the blue chips up 9.4percentt.

Exports sagged, breaking a streak of seven consecutive advances.

500 climbed 1.2percentt -- the fifth consecutive monthly advance for both indexes.

It also managed a second consecutive weekly advance, rising 0.3percentt, or 3.05 points.

According to Morningstar, taxable bond funds rose 1.3percentt in the quarter, for their ninth consecutive quarterly advance.

Caution reasserted itself on Wall Street on Friday, sending stocks sharply lower but not enough to prevent the market from posting its third consecutive weekly advance.

The increase in May in the index was attributed mostly to prices for energy goods — including gasoline and electricity — which rose 1.5 percent, the eighth consecutive monthly advance.

The S.& P. 500 is poised to complete a third consecutive quarterly advance and is headed for its biggest gain in the January through March period since 1998, when it surged 14 percent.

Sales of new homes increased by 9.6%, the fourth consecutive monthly advance.At a hearing in New York, a federal judge pushed the Securities and Exchange Commission for an explanation of why it had not pursued Bank of America over allegations that BofA misled investors about bonuses paid to executives at Merrill Lynch around the time it took over the investment bank.