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Index Name Price Change %Change
World (excluding U.S.) Energy Stock Index 318.50 + 3.37 + 1.07%
World Basic Materials Stock Index 210.98 + 1.27 + 0.61%
World Energy Stock Index 373.50 + 0.17 + 0.05%
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Americas Basic Materials Stock Index 220.48 - 4.18 - 1.86%
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Europe (excluding U.K.) Basic Materials Stock Index 329.09 - 1.11 - 0.34%
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Europe Basic Materials Stock Index 340.93 - 0.74 - 0.22%
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Pacific Basic Materials Stock Index 122.40 + 5.12 + 4.37%
Pacific Energy Stock Index 231.51 + 9.00 + 4.04%
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Basic Materials Index 173.41 - 5.17 - 2.90%
Energy Index 438.13 - 6.14 - 1.38%
Coal Index 220.09 - 6.27 - 2.77%
Forest Products & Paper Index 57.47 - 2.85 - 4.72%
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Steel Index 199.86 - 6.50 - 3.15%
Aluminum Index 79.87 - 5.54 - 6.49%
Chemicals, Commodity Index 145.20 - 4.23 - 2.83%
Mining, Diversified Index 1,921.48 + 0.00 + 0.00%
Non-Ferrous Metals (excluding aluminum) Index 318.05 - 16.44 - 4.92%
Precious Metals Index 42.38 + 1.68 + 4.13%
 

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