Sentence examples for flat to lower from inspiring English sources

Delphi Automotive Systems, the largest maker of automobile parts, said yesterday that it expected sales to be flat to lower in the fourth quarter and next year.

Yes, financial stocks finished higher, but many of the biggest bank stocks finished flat to lower.

Stocks made a nice recovery in 2003 but are flat to lower on the year.

At the Globex trading system, S&P futures are slightly softer, indicating a flat to lower opening at Wall Street.

In the early going, it looked like a flat to lower open for the broader market with the S&P 500 futures contracts down slightly to 1400.80, about 0.3 points below fair value.

Flats are indicated by a backward diatonic flat symbol to lower the note a quarter step, the diatonic flat to lower the note a half step, and 2 diatonic flats, either with a bar connecting them or with 1 flat symbol backward to lower the note three-quarters of a step.

Shares closed Monday on the New York Stock Exchange at $2.85; however, they climbed 16 cents, or more than 5% to $3.01 toward midday compared to flat-to-lower trading on the broader indexes.

This year equity markets are flat-to-lower, government-bond markets are up and, as for commodities, the "wrong" raw materials are falling in price.Economists have adopted some financial variables for their soothsaying efforts.

Expectations for higher European rates and flat-to-lower U.S. rates have fueled a massive rally in the euro vs. the dollar over the past several months.

Flat engines also help to lower the vehicle's center of gravity.

"Luxury property transactions are very few," but prices have remained flat, with owners unwilling to lower prices, he said.