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Index Name Price Change %Change
World (excluding U.S.) Energy Stock Index 280.99 + 8.62 + 3.16%
World Basic Materials Stock Index 171.08 + 1.24 + 0.73%
World Energy Stock Index 350.39 + 5.06 + 1.47%
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Americas Basic Materials Stock Index 175.54 + 0.87 + 0.50%
Americas Energy Stock Index 457.03 + 0.84 + 0.18%
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Europe (excluding U.K.) Basic Materials Stock Index 297.09 + 1.34 + 0.45%
Europe (excluding U.K). Energy Stock Index 282.60 + 10.56 + 3.88%
Europe Basic Materials Stock Index 281.51 + 2.05 + 0.73%
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Pacific (excluding Japan) Basic Materials Stock Index 278.03 + 1.04 + 0.38%
Pacific (excluding Japan) Energy Stock Index 509.32 + 11.12 + 2.23%
Pacific Basic Materials Stock Index 100.62 + 1.08 + 1.08%
Pacific Energy Stock Index 178.47 + 5.07 + 2.92%
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Basic Materials Index 151.13 + 0.00 + 0.00%
Energy Index 437.08 + 0.00 + 0.00%
Coal Index 179.12 + 0.00 + 0.00%
Forest Products & Paper Index 58.39 + 0.00 + 0.00%
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Aluminum Index 84.40 + 0.00 + 0.00%
Chemicals, Commodity Index 136.59 + 0.00 + 0.00%
Mining, Diversified Index 1,921.48 + 0.00 + 0.00%
Non-Ferrous Metals (excluding aluminum) Index 176.32 + 0.00 + 0.00%
Precious Metals Index 28.73 + 0.00 + 0.00%
 

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