Surprisingly, Mumbai recorded the least score in consumer confidence with 69.3 Index points in the first half of 2012.
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Consumers in Chennai (79.0) and New Delhi (78.7) also showed optimism with the index points being in a stable range.
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Two years and 3, 000 index points later, Nick Knight, the London-based global strategist for securities giant Nomura, is a convert.
Which has been resorting itself already, locking in lots of index points by rebalancing Apple down a notch or two.
It therefore is not warning of a new recession on the horizon, and their coincident index points toward ongoing economic growth.
Of the four cities surveyed in India, Bangalore scored the highest (100 Index points) thus giving a boost to the overall score.
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The Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI), said its December index points to continued expansion, though at a more moderate pace.
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Its PMI composite index points to a small decline in national output in the second quarter, according to Markit, which assembles the indices.
The CarMD Vehicle Health Index points out common problems by brand, which may be important to know as you consider future maintenance costs.
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Of the 10 crucial APEAL measures, Vehicle Exterior, Interior, and Seats have improved the most, each by 6 index points, as compared to 2010.
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Housing starts increased 41.9 percent year over year in October, and the November home builders index points to continued strong increases in the coming months.
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The average industry APEAL score increased by 3 index points from 2010, to 781 on a 1, 000-point scale, based on more than 90 vehicle attributes including mileage to comfort to roominess and everything in between.
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In Paris the benchmark Cac 40 index was 101 points lower at 6, 094.2 and Germany's key Xetra Dax index ended 76 points down at 6, 912.9.
Price indices continued to retreat, with the prices paid index fell a whopping fifteen points to 28.3 and the prices received index fell three points to 2.2.
You might wind up two points ahead of the index or two points behind.
The Russell 2000 index two points, or 0.2 percent, to 929.34.
The New York Fed released its manufacturing survey for New York state Tuesday, showing that manufacturing is expanding in February, but a high index metric points to weakening profit margins for manufacturers.
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Britain's FTSE 100 share index was down 110.10 points, or 1.7%, at 6, 522.70 points, France's CAC-40 fell 100.67 points, or 1.7%, to 5, 977.87 points, and Germany's Dax index of 50 leading shares was down 189.78 points, or 2.4%, at 7, 730.05 points on Wednesday afternoon.
The Nasdaq composite index rose 41 points to 3, 381, an increase of 1.2 percent.
The general business conditions index fell four points to -7.7, its third consecutive negative reading.
The financial sector's nosedive helped drag the CAC 40 index down 104 points, or 1.8%, to 5645.29.
The food index hit 236 points, gaining 2.2% from January and 34% from February a year ago.
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The 500-stock index gained 15 points, or 1%, to 1, 539.79, finishing just over 25 points below its 1, 565.15 peak.
Futures for the Nasdaq-100 index fell 7 points, or 0.2%, to 2988.50.
Those with developed markets in 1900 still dominate the equity landscape, comprising 84% of the MSCI All World Index, Hudson points out.
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The Nasdaq Composite Index dipped two points, or 0.1%, to 3159.
The Nasdaq Composite Index rose four points, or 0.1%, to 3179.96.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations reported that their food price index averaged 232 points in April, flat from March and 2.6% below its all-time high February level of 237.2.
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