Sentence examples for touching a high from inspiring English sources

As for technology shares, after touching a high of 165 a year ago, their average p/e (adjusted by the Leuthold Group, a research firm, to take account of numerous Nasdaq firms with no profits) is down to 30, roughly the median since 1960.

Casualties of western troops mounted, touching a high of 711 last year.

Merrill Lynch dropped 51 3/16, to 94 5/16, after touching a high of 102 5/8.

The yield on the Irish 10-year bond eased somewhat, to 8.5 percent on Friday, after touching a high near 9 percent on Thursday.

New accounts at brokers are being opened at a rate of more than 200,000 a day, touching a high of more than 310,000 on April 24th.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude oil futures closed at $69.81 a barrel, after touching a high of $70.85 earlier in the day.

The man, believed to be from Morocco, died after touching a high-power wire among overhead railway cables while climbing on top of a train carriage.

Although Spain, in recent times, have been capable of touching a higher standard, their terror was of letting themselves down after coming all this way at Euro 2008.

Spot silver on Thursday touched a high of $49.56 an ounce.

Earlier in Friday's session, the Dow touched a high at 15,357.40.

CMGI's shares, which touched a high of $164.75 in January, closed on Friday at $16.75.