| 31. | Despite the strong bond market rally, the Dow Jones utility index decreased 2.04 points, to 214.08.
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| 32. | Since Sept . 11, the Standard & Poor's utility index has declined by nearly 14 percent.
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| 33. | The Dow Jones Utilities Index slipped as much as 2 . 17 to 205 . 14.
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| 34. | The Standard & AMP; Poor's Utilities Index dropped 1 . 85 percent in the same period.
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| 35. | The Standard & AMP; Poor's Utilities Index rose 17 . 29 percent in the same period.
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| 36. | The CDAX Utilities Index rose 2 . 5 percent on the week to 288 . 46.
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| 37. | Even staid electric utility stocks rose, pushing the Dow Jones utility index up 1 . 5 percent.
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| 38. | The small utilities index gained about 1 . 4 percent and the mid-cap index about 1 percent.
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| 39. | This regret term is usually an increasing, continuous and non-negative function subtracted to the traditional utility index.
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| 40. | Yet, since the end of March, the Standard & Poor's Utilities index has risen by 12.6 percent.
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