Sentence examples for string of gains from inspiring English sources

The Dow fell 1.5 percent, snapping a six-week string of gains.

[C4.] The Market's Recent Rally Ends Stocks fell, snapping a recent string of gains.

The four-month string of gains in the leading indicators index is the first since October 1999 to January 2000.

The S.& P. 500's slight fall last week was its first weekly drop after a seven-week string of gains.

Jobless claims rose for a sixth month in July, extending the longest string of gains in more than 12 years as slower consumer spending deterred hiring.

But shares have stopped chugging higher, and after a string of gains and losses, they are hovering near their levels from the middle of the month.

Analysts hope the string of sales gains will prompt businesses to restock on a sustained basis.

Indeed, they found, the plunge was steeper the longer the string of quarterly gains that preceded the earnings decline.

JPMorgan Chase reported on Wednesday that it earned $3.6 billion in the last quarter, and analysts expect a string of big gains from other institutions.

The Canadian Real Estate Association reported that the average price of existing homes rose 19.6 percent in January compared with those in the month a year earlier, the latest in a string of substantial gains dating back through last autumn.

The authorities made no immediate comment on the claims, which came as rebel forces sought to secure a string of strategic gains, including a dam on the Euphrates River that they claimed to have overrun before dawn on Monday.