1.   This allows for changes of physical location without changing the index, thus providing some level of data independence.

2.   Broad market indexes were little changed.

3.   But performance is not the only thing that changes an index.

4.   Commodity indexes were little changed.

5.   Even so, analysts predicted the national index was little changed for November, as businesses satisfied demand by drawing from their inventories rather than stepping up production.

6.   For the week, the regional index was little changed.

7.   Israeli stock indexes were little changed as Discount Investments Corp. and affiliates dropped, offset by rises in prominent stocks like Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Formula Systems Ltd.

8.   Japanese stock indexes were little changed as high-tech shares rose, offsetting declines among other companies on a spate of downward earnings revisions.

9.   Major indexes were little changed.

10.   Meanwhile, the Nasdaq composite index was little changed, as big declines in Intel and Dell Computer offset gains in a number of big biotechnology companies.