Not exact matches
Down Under, the S&P / ASX 200 edged higher by 0.49 percent to 5,982.70 as the utilities and heavily weighted financials
subindexes advanced, canceling out slight declines
in the materials and energy sectors.
The official
subindex measuring new orders was unchanged at 50.2
in April, while the production
subindex improved to 52.6 from 52.1.
Three of the PMI's seven activity
subindexes expanded
in September, with production, deliveries and sales all recovering from steep contractionary results
in August.
If that's the case, it would also be added to the S&P / TSX Capped REIT Index, which is a «
subindex» of all the real estate investment trusts
in the Composite.
The index scores come from the weighted average of other common
subindexes, including changes
in the price - to - income ratio and the mortgage - to - GDP ratio.
In November, the
subindex of current conditions rose four points to 81, while the gauge of future sales rose three points to 79.