Sentence examples for sector was down from inspiring English sources

The S.& P. energy sector was down 0.6 percent because of the stronger dollar.

The technology sector was down about 1 percent at the market close.

In response, the banking sector was down almost 1 percent Thursday.

In the euro zone, bank lending to the private sector was down 0.9% in June, its biggest annaul fall.

Dell's revenue from selling products to the public sector was down 2 percent from a year ago, to $4.4 billion.

For the year through last Thursday, the storage sector was down by 4.3percentt, while apartments slid 14.15 percent.

By contrast, he said, the restaurant sector is down 4percentt.

In all the life assurance sector is down around 7% this month, said analysts.

The life insurance sector is down by an average of 12% since Standard said it would float.

According to a Merrill Lynch index, the high-yield sector is down 7.2percentt for the year through November.

Led by three big public companies, Cadence Design Systems, Mentor Graphics and Synopsys, the sector is down 15percentt for the year, compared with a negative 24percentt for the technology-heavy Nasdaq.