The overall local index, which includes gold stocks, is up 18 percent since the end of 1990.

The rise in food prices alone added 0.3 point to the overall index for June.

This feature is not available with the overall index of documents released.

A decade ago, on a scale of 0 to 100, the overall index was 74.8.

The overall index was up four-tenths of 1 percent, more than expected.

The overall index rose to 97.4 from 96.9 in December, the highest reading for three years.

The overall index moved slightly higher, to a reading of 40, from 38.5 in February.

These increases, however, are not widespread enough to pull up the overall index beyond its current low level.

The overall index managed a gain in 11 of the 12 months, the exception being May.

The overall index fell to 114, down from 129 in December.