Sentence examples for held gained from inspiring English sources

However, for the purposes of calculating the number of seats belonging to each party - and calculating those held, gained or lost by each party - Mr Bercow's seat is regarded as being a Conservative constituency as he won it for the party in 1997, 2001 and 2005 before being elected speaker.

Broader market measures also held gains, with the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index up 13.15 points, or 0.9percentto to 1,420.96.

When the markets opened Tuesday, stock indexes rose and held gains most of the day as emboldened investors assumed more risk and drained life from the Treasury market.

Thanksgiving week, historically, has held gains for the market.

Stock index futures held gains after the data, while government bond prices were little changed.

[A1.] Stocks Hold Gains After Fed Action Stocks held onto early gains after the Federal Reserve announced its sixth interest-rate increase since last June.

Oil Prices Hold Gains Near Two-Year Peak.

The current letter notes that mid-caps are weakening, but small-cap value is still holding gains.

The major averages were holding gains at midday, with the Dow Jones industrial average up 27 points, or 0.3%, to 9,468.

Matt Johnson, head of Nasdaq trading at Lehman Brothers, couldn't pin point the force behind the final stretch sell off, but says the market needs to hold gains if it wants stability.

It's not good enough to hold gains".