    Sentence 1: But the Russell 2000 index , the barometer of  smaller company stocks , had a weekly gain of 371 , of 0.9  percent , closing at 418.40 .    Sentence 2: But the Russell 2000 , the barometer of stacks  cof smaller companies , had a weekly gain of 371, or 0.9  percent , closing at 418.40 .    