    Sentence 1: But the Russell 2000 index , the barometer  of smaller company stocks , had a weekly gain of 371,  or 0.9 percent , closing at 418.40.    Sentence 2: But the Russell 2000 , the barometer of  stocks of smaller companies , had a weekly gain of 3.71  , or 0.9 percent , closing at 418.40 .