But why had the fire investigators obtained a positive reading only in that location?
Any positive reading for EVA Momentum is good because it means EVA has increased, and any negative reading is bad.
The area manager for south Wales, Paul Kelly said the figures made positive reading, but admitted to problems in some areas.
The rise in building permits also helped boost the LEI, and the Philadelphia Fed Survey had the first positive reading since April.
On Thursday, the Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index unexpectedly rose to 8.7 in October, the first positive reading since July and jobless claims fell slightly.
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He told me that the company has taken its own water samples in the Oriente, and has never identified a positive reading for hydrocarbon contamination.
New orders were strong, the first positive reading since last May.
The economic-sentiment indicator for February rose sharply to 5.4 points from -21.6 in January, the first positive reading since May 2011 and much better than consensus expectations.
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve's February index of business activity, an indicator of business conditions for manufacturers in the region, posted a surprise decline to -12.5, while a positive reading had been expected.
The Stoxx Europe 600 fell 0.2% after Moody's sovereign downgrades late Monday contrasted with positive economic data from Germany, where the ZEW economic sentiment indicator for February rose to its first positive reading since May 2011.
"The positive ZEW reading adds to recent encouraging signals from the German economy, " said Carsten Brzeski at ING.
It came in at a 15-month high of 51.4, and followed a positive revised reading to 49.2 in November.
Climbing to an early morning high of 1.2966 after an extremely positive German Ifo Business climate reading of 106.2, the euro has been getting pummeled ever since.
"Today's reading is certainly a positive development, especially in light of better-than-expected Black Friday retail sales results, " said BNP Paribas.
But investors absorbed positive economic reports, as the first reading on the labor market in a heavy week for jobs data came in better than forecast.
Any reading over 50 is considered positive.
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After reading Roger Ebert give some surprisingly positive feedback on the 3D in Tintin, and since Hugo in 3D had already left theatres here, it was off to see the latest Spielberg animated flick.
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The declining jobless claims have been a strong positive factor for the market, and we get the next reading on Thursday, along with the first revision of first-quarter GDP.
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There was a positive economic report coming out of Germany, as the ZEW economic expectations reading was the strongest in five months.
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In economic news, a second reading of fourth-quarter gross domestic product was revised into positive territory as expected, to 0.1%, falling short of the 0.5% growth economists had anticipated.
There was some positive news out of economic powerhouse Germany today when the Ifo Institute released a Business Climate reading that improved to 106.7.
After several reports showing positive month-over-month GDP growth, today was disappointing as that all important economic indicator reading came in at a flat 0.0%.
The Empire State manufacturing index released by the New York Federal Reserve showed a reading of (negative)- 7.8 for June, compared with expectations for a positive 12.
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