A rising stock market has been having a positive effect on the values of certain types of profitable businesses which are commonly valued using widely recognised Price/Earnings ratios for relevant commercial sector indices. Recent increases recorded with these ratios so far this year (to July 2013), are as follows:-
+ 38.68% Industrial All Index
+ 29.18% General Industrials Index
+ 28.76% Industrial Engineering Index
+ 24.92% Support Services Index
+ 28.78% Software & Computer Services Index
+ 3.68% Consumer Goods All Index
+ 24.62% General Retailers (since March 2013)
+ 14.45% Consumer Services All Index
+ 17.94% Media Index
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