Sentence examples for Slightly lagging from inspiring English sources

Lilly's stock rose 3%, slightly lagging the S&P 500.

In that respect, both for BP as well as the competition, the benchmarks are slightly lagging behind.

At five years, 14percentt of water startups reached profitability, slightly lagging the 17percentt overall average.

Accounting for 39.1% of North American consolidated net sales, Anthropologie rose 11% in the quarter, slightly lagging its youth-focused sibling brands.

In late-morning European trade, Fiat shares were up 1.2% at 7.81 euros, slightly lagging the DJ Stoxx index of European auto stocks, which was up 2%.

That could mean trouble for U.S. stocks, which mirrored the euro's rise on the way up and if the weak performance of the S&P 500 thus far in 2010 is any guide are only slightly lagging on the way back down.

That slightly lagged the national rate of 0.96percentt for the quarter ending March 31.

Though family-run companies slightly lag their peer group when the economy booms, they weather recessions far better.

Few of the other six vignettes have quite the same level of specificity, so the piece slightly lags, as if running out of content before the end.

Two mutual funds managed by the firm haven't done very well lately, though, with returns over the last year that have slightly lagged the miserable stock market.

During those years, Wal-Mart's shares slightly lagged the Standard & Poor's 500 index and significantly underperformed the S.& P. consumer staples index.