1.   Earlier this week, for example, the purchasing managers index, a gauge of industrial activity, showed a larger-than-expected increase for February.

2.   The National Association of Purchasing Management releases its June purchasing managers index.

3.   The National Association of Purchasing Management releases its purchasing managers index for July.

4.   The National Association of Purchasing Management releases its September purchasing managers index.

5.   The National Association of Purchasing Management releases its purchasing managers index for October.

6.   The price component of the purchasing managers index registed its slowest rate of increase since May last year.

7.   The purchasing managers index came on the same day the government reported its index of leading economic indicators fell for the sixth time this year in September.

8.   This represents the seventh consecutive month without any significant growth in the purchasing managers index.

9.   The euro was stronger despite the release of the April purchasing managers indices indicating weakness in European manufacturing sectors.

10.   He noted that the market is waiting for the US purchasing managers index late in the week and for US job figures next week.