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A gallon of gasoline, on average, cost $3. 03 in the U. S. in the week ended Dec. 13, up 14% from a year earlier.

The biggest sales day overall was Tuesday Nov. 30 and the biggest sales increases from a year ago occurred the week ended Dec.

In the week ended Dec. 25, India's wholesale price index for food articles rose 18. 3% from a year earlier, faster than analysts expected.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average last week ended, at least temporarily, a seven-day, 14% rebound from a 12-year low.

Last week ended with a risk off tone filtering through markets as unrest in Egypt provoked a sell-off in risk assets.

Before the week ended, it was all disappointment.

Initial jobless claims surprisingly fell to 364K, the lowest level since April 2008 in the week ended December 17 from 366K a week ago.

It was their best weekly performance since the week ended April 18.

The week ended with range trading on a quiet news and data day, offering few moves worthy of note.

A meeting of Latin American and Iberian leaders in Portugal this week ended with no agreement on what to do about Honduras.

For the week ended May 8, there were just two sitcoms rated in the top 30 programmes, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 4. 15% for the week ended Thursday, according to a Freddie Mac survey.

The Mortgage Bankers Association's index rose 7. 6 percent in the week ended July 16, the Washington-based group said today.

The 30-year mortgage rate for the week ended Thursday was at 3. 99 percent, according to Freddie Mac.

Initial jobless claims rose by 12, 000 to 500, 000 in the week ended Aug. 14, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington.

For the week ended Jan. 30, initial claims climbed to 480, 000 from 472, 000 the week before.

The four-week moving average for continuing claims rose 88, 750 to a record 6. 69 million in the week ended May 23.