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Company also reports sales up 2.3 percent in second quarter.
Rental revenue decreased 1.3 percent in the quarter.
The index's three-month moving average, CFNAI-MA3, increased during the month.
Industrial sales for the quarter were up 14.8 percent year-over-year.
Profit increased 10 percent for the period.
Year-to-date sales decreased 13.3 percent year-over-year.
Higher municipal water product sales more than offset declines in flow instrumentation products.
Sales for the first six months increased 1.6 percent year-over-year.
Health care and social assistance and retail trade also contributed to the increase.
Year-to-date sales increase 5.6 percent year-over-year.
Year-to-date sales decreased 3.4 percent year-over-year.
Coincident Economic Index increased 0.3 percent, while Lagging Economic Index decreased 0.1 percent.
Sales in Quebec and Ontario accounted for most of the gain.
At the national level, apartment and condo spending drove the increase.
