Sentence examples for index was set from inspiring English sources

The October drop in the consumer confidence index was set off "by a cooling economy and apprehension regarding soaring oil prices and volatility in the financial markets," said Lynn Franco, director of the Conference Board's consumer research center.

Few bank analysts expect stocks to perform much better next year than they did this year, when the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index was set to end the year largely unchanged from where it began trading.

The broader Topix index was set back by 3.0%, to 794.03.

The mainland's Shanghai Composite index was set back 3.2%, to 1,895.82.

The broader Topix index was set back by 3.1%, at 860.89.

As expected, there were differences when China's index was set at 1.0; Korea's index was shown to be three times higher.

Today, Monaco's glamour index is set to increase.

The inflation rate – currently 4.8% on the consumer prices index – is set to fall in 2012.

The Fear Index is set within the mysterious opulence of a Geneva based algorithmic hedge fund.

The index is set so that 50 indicates business is unchanged from the previous month, while figures above that indicate growth and figures below show a decline.

The Nasdaq composite index is set for its seventh consecutive monthly rally, with a gain for the period of almost 35percentt.