Sentence examples for index off from inspiring English sources

If the current levels hold through Monday, the technology-heavy Nasdaq index, off 4.5percentt for the year, will chalk up its worst start to a year since 1990, the year that the nation's last recession began.

For the developed world outside the U.S. the best one to use is Morgan Stanley's Europe Australasia & Far East Index, off 21.3% in 2001.

The report sent markets tumbling, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1.2% and the technology-rich Nasdaq Composite Index off 1.9% around midday.

Shares in China tumbled the most sharply, with the CSI 300 index off 4.8percentt.

A late rally in many Nasdaq shares pulled the index off its lows for the session.

Retailers in general were on a downswing, with the Standard & Poor's retail index off 3.37percentt.

* Indexes off: Dow 0.9 pct; S&P 1.2 pct; Nasdaq 1.5 pct.

An indexing off-by-one error associates the wrong pairs of X's and Y's.

Taliban insurgents cut the index fingers off 11 Afghans who participated in this weekend's presidential run-off poll, officials say.

The more volatile Nasdaq composite index was off 5.8percentt.

In Paris, the CAC-40 index closed off 3percentt, and Xetra DAX in Frankfurt fell 2.6percentt.