Raw materials price index dropped 0.6 percent due to lower prices for metal ores, concentrates and scrap.
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The Index now stands at 122.9, up from 120 in July.
The transaction will Increase Littelfuse's presence in the semiconductor industry.
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The index's three-month moving average, CFNAI-MA3, decreased during the month.
The transaction is scheduled to close in late August or early September.
For the first six months sales were up 8.5 percent.
Single-family dwellings led the increase.
Nidec will acquire the probe card manufacturer from Singapore-based Ellipsiz Ltd.
Sales were down in five of the seven subsectors.
In eight wholesale sectors, margins were up in five and down in three.
Production in the construction sector down 0.5 percent in EA19 and down 0.2 percent in EU28.
Coincident Economic Index and The Lagging Economic Index also increased.
Declines attributed to lower sales in the petroleum and coal product, transportation equipment and chemical industries.
Single-family housing starts were unchanged over June.
Profit down 42.9 percent to $1 million for the quarter.
