The cardiac index increased only slightly because of the reduction in the heart rate.

The index for finished goods less foods and energy increased 0.3 percent.

Its index of general business conditions increased to 12.0 in August from 7.8 the month before.

Moreover, the board's report predicted that in 2005, the index would increase by 3.6 percent.

In the same period, however, the Nasdaq's composite index increased more than 28 percent.

And the on-time index has increased about 30 percent over the last year.

The index has increased by over ten times from June 1990 to the present.

Then the index increased slowly and ended the year 1995 with 426 points.

In 2002, the index slowly increased back to 500 points.

Over the same period, the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index has increased by about 17 percent.