    Sentence 1: The Dow Jones Industrial Average  held on to small gains . up 19.96 to 9,092.91 |  while the S & P 500 index shed 0.39 to 981.25.    Sentence 2: The Dow Jones industrial average  was up 17 points to 9,090 , while the Nasdaq]  composite index fell 10 points to 1,601.