Utilities made slight gains.
However, Hispanics other than Mexicans and Puerto Ricans made slight gains in law school enrollment.
Oil prices, which are often seen as an indicator of optimism in the global economy, made slight gains after reversing a 3% decline earlier in the day.
Long Island's fourth and eighth graders made slight gains this year on New York State's standardized English Language Arts tests and continue to be among the highest-achieving students in the state, according to results released last week.
On average, the Democratic presidential candidate has lost two points from the previous election when the governor of the state is a Democrat, while making slight gains when the state's governor is a Republican.
MOSCOW — The pro-Kremlin party, United Russia, has again dominated regional elections, according to preliminary results released Monday, though opposition parties have made slight gains in a vote that has been seen as a test of President Dmitri A. Medvedev's call for greater political pluralism in Russia.
MSNBC ratings have been declining for a while, and CNN has been making slight gains in its audience size.
Overall, the study found that women made slight gains in occupying influential behind-the-scenes posts, such as directors, writers, producers, executive producers, editors and cinematographers.
The bank lost $28 billion in 2008 and has only recently started making slight quarterly gains.
"I make slight advances, but they're very, very slight," he said.
