Sentence examples for issues decline from inspiring English sources

Over their first few months of trading, as many new issues decline in price as rise, he finds.

Five issues declined for every four advancing on the New York Stock Exchange.

Breadth was strongly negative, with 2,129 Big Board issues declining and 829 advancing.

But the rally was confined to blue-chip stocks, as technology issues declined.

The Nikkei index of 225 issues declined 706.64 points, or 3.7percentto to 18,252.68.

Dean Boyd, a spokesman for the Justice Department on national-security issues, declined to comment, as did Marri's lawyers.

Mr. Miller's office, citing confidentiality issues, declined to respond directly to the allegations or discuss specifics of the case.

Amelia Torres, a spokeswoman for the European Commission, which oversees European antitrust issues, declined to comment on the commission's position.

Mr. Parmigiani, who was dismissed by the firm in June 2005 for what it said were performance issues, declined to comment.

The South Korean Ministry of Gender Equality, which handles women's issues, declined to comment on the former prostitutes' accusations.

But on the technology-laden Nasdaq, matters were markedly worse, with 2,944 issues declining and 1,280 rising.