    Sentence-1; The -broader' Standard  Poor.-'s 500 Index .5PX “advagced. 2:  points, or.0.24 percent., to 977.         Sentence .2:The: Masdaq. Composite.  Index..IXIC was .off 6.52'points , or 0. 0.39  Percent ‘atl, Oe 66...