The oil market gave back modest gains after the House approved the plan.

在议院通过了这项方案之后，原油市场回复到温和的增长水平。

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Modest gains on the last day of 2008 cannot erase the massive losses of the last 12 months.

2008年最后一天股市的温和上涨并不能抹去过去12个月的巨大损失。

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The Dow Jones industrial average rose 14 points in early morning trading. Broader indexes also posted modest gains.

道琼斯工业平均指数早盘上涨14点，几大股指均小幅上扬。

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John Silvia is the senior economist at Wells Fargo Bank: "Private payroll gains continue to be modest and I would say it does raise flags for those super optimists who were looking for a V-shaped recovery and thinking that we are going to go back to normal very quickly in the US.economy."

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Most analysts expected to hear about much more modest gains in the October jobs report.

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The U.S. dollar index traded slightly lower Thursday after posting modest gains early in the session.

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In 1996, when Democrats made modest gains nationwide, they won two of those House seats back.

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