His view was reflected in several key indexes besides the Dow.

Still, a key index of Internet stock performance is well ahead for the year.

Commodity prices, led by a plunge in oil and natural gas, dropped sharply yesterday, pushing one key index to a 26-year low.

A key index was poverty, and California ranked 35th among the states, with 21 percent of children under the poverty line.

A key Goldman, Sachs index showed a 4.6 percent increase.

The exchange's key 100-stock index rose 36.8 points, to 2,163.3.

The Mexican market ended the day at a record high, with the key index closing up 57.24, or 1.4 percent, at 4,060.06.

Take infant mortality, a key index of national well-being.

The market's key index fell below the 28,000-point mark for the first time since Nov. 15, 1988, when the index finished at 27,866.36.

This left the key index down 60.84 points for the week and only 42.88 points, or 2.26 percent, above its 1986 close of 1,895.95.