Chile is the strongest performer among South American countries, above the lowest-performing European country, Albania.
A classical music entry in the Listings pages on Friday about a performance of "Il Trovatore" at the Metropolitan Opera erroneously included a performer among the cast.
Mauritius is a top performer among African countries.
Siebel Systems was the best performer among S. &P.
The best performer among them was "Shooting Robert King," about the war photographer Robert King.
And before Monday, its stock had been a top performer among European banks.
Germany is a middling performer among rich countries in international tests for maths and reading.
Latin America, the top performer among MSCI's developing-market indexes, returned nearly 98 percent.
Tesco was the best performer among the "big four" supermarkets, which includes Sainsburys, Asda and Morrisons.
A stand-out performer among the midcaps was building insulation group SIG.
Intel was the best performer among the Dow stocks, gaining more than 11percentt.
