But obsolete wood processing machinery and the continued fall of primary commodity prices including gold and cocoa, have taken its toll.
Fabricated metal products will have a small boost from a drop in primary metals prices that cheap energy costs will trigger.
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Data Monday showed prices of primary articles rose 7.6% from a year earlier, slower than the previous month's 9.7% increase.
Still, India's dry spell is what is captivating gold investors now and likely to be the primary obstacle to higher prices for the rest of the year, said Jon Nadler, senior metals analyst with Kitco Metals Inc.
Rather, the primary reason for the higher prices has been bad weather, which has caused a temporary fall in supply.
Indeed, the company has relied upon lower prices as the primary incentive to lure shoppers to their offerings, including cloud services.
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Also gaining from falling natural gas prices will be primary metals, a sector that slumped early in 2012 with the weakening global economic growth rate as well as increases in production capacity abroad.
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Rising cotton prices have been the primary factor behind the shrinking margins across the apparel industry.
's Consumer Price Index, the federal government's primary inflation yardstick, measures the prices of a mix of consumer goods and services such as transportation, energy, food and medical care.
As default risk is the primary driver of high-yield corporate bond prices, as opposed to interest rate direction, when the economy expands, the risk of high-yield corporate bonds defaulting is reduced and this is reflected in lower volatility.
Congress would do well to tread lightly: Market forces are the primary driver for the rise in oil and gasoline prices.
Where secondary prices continued to grind higher, the primary market hit a resistance point in April in response to more balanced technical conditions.
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The primary concern with an investment in Chevron would be a retreat in oil prices.
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Vazquez said another topic of discussion will be able the recent wave of cuts by primary aluminum producers who have had to curtail output because of the low prices.
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Direct-payment could check that cost growth, particularly in the primary care realm, by empowering doctors and patients to negotiate mutually agreeable prices, free of interference from insurers or the government.
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He also said that rising food prices were an aggravating factor of the unrest in the Middle East, although not its primary cause.
This sudden surge in exports of oil distillates, the primary source for motor diesel fuel consumed in the U.S., occurred at the same time diesel prices hit record highs.
The usual summertime correction in oil prices is now setting up risk-controlled buying opportunities for several strong oil-services stocks and a primary sector ETF.
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