    Sentence. I: The . technology-laced ‘Nasdaq  Coinposite’ Index .IXIC- climbed. 19.11  points , or 1.2 percent , to-1,615.02 .    Sentence 2: The Standard .& Poor’’s 500  Index .SPX. gained 13.68 points , or 1.42  percent-, at 977.27 .