Sentence examples for index higher from inspiring English sources

[C2.] Dow Jones and Nasdaq Index Higher Intel drove the Dow Jones industrial average and the Nasdaq composite index higher.

Two badly beaten down stocks helped lead the S.& P. 500 index higher.

Gains in EMC, General Electric and Oracle pulled the index higher.

Strong second-quarter earnings reports from Caterpillar and Intel helped push the index higher.

Hewlett-Packard, Intel and AT&T were among issues that led the index higher.

Positive same-store sales pushed the Restaurant Performance Index higher.

Hopes of an improvement in the Chinese economy have lifted the mining sector and helped push the leading index higher.

Back with miners, and Vedanta Resources has bucked the downward trend and is leading the mid-cap index higher.

Big foreign investments can drive the index higher, but efforts to sell can pull prices down just as fast.

By late afternoon, however, some big gains from a handful of technology stocks powered the Nasdaq index higher.

A solid recovery in the housing market helped drive the index higher.