The rise in the overall index lifted the three-month compound annual rate to 4 percent.

When the inexorable rise of the Compact Disk finally lifted the stylus on the vinyl records market toward the end of the 20th Century, record collectors let loose a collective howl of anguish.

A rise in US reserves on the NYMEX on Thursday, however, lifted prices again above the 16-dollars-per-tonne mark.

The strong rise among computer-related shares lifted the Nasdaq composite index more than 2 percent to its highest close since May 19.

By the end of the year, the rise in Micron's share price had lifted its market value to $2.44 billion, a gain of $720 million.

The rise in bond yields associated with the strengthening economy, could eventually lift Treasury issues to 11 percent next year, the Salomon economist said.

New figures by Lipper Analytical Services Inc. also show that a rise in interest rates from April to June lifted 93 percent of all bond funds.

Last month's rise in consumer prices lifted the 1999 inflation rate to 2.7 percent, with the acceleration from 1998's 1.6 percent reflecting a sharp jump in the price of oil.

Offsetting the decliners were shares of the International Business Machines Corporation, whose price rise lifted the Dow nearly 2 1/2 points.

Commodities Index Rises Yesterday's rise lifted the C.R.B. index to its highest level since the spring of 1984.