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Investors index numbers of common stocks, by month, 1946

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Investors index numbers of common stocks, by month, 1946
    Industrials stocks
  Grand total Banks, total Industrials, total Machinery and equipment
  index (1935 to 1939=100)
January 123.5 121.6 116.0 168.2
February 121.8 126.8 113.8 172.9
March 119.2 129.2 110.9 189.2
April 125.1 133.6 117.6 207.0
May 124.4 134.2 117.7 205.7
June 123.3 135.0 116.7 202.1
July 119.1 135.3 112.6 190.0
August 116.9 132.3 110.4 187.6
September 104.4 124.1 97.4 162.7
October 101.8 124.7 95.0 166.0
November 102.5 129.8 95.3 173.7
December 106.4 133.5 99.3 180.2
  Industrials stocks
  Pulp and paper Milling Oils Textiles and clothing
  index (1935 to 1939=100)
January 252.6 130.6 90.0 183.7
February 248.5 132.1 84.8 187.8
March 244.4 130.6 81.6 186.8
April 277.3 141.4 84.6 200.2
May 278.3 140.8 74.7 208.3
June 282.5 141.7 73.1 210.3
July 266.1 140.0 71.8 206.4
August 268.6 139.4 70.8 207.9
September 229.4 122.6 64.9 190.5
October 233.3 123.0 63.2 182.1
November 235.1 122.7 63.1 180.7
December 250.0 123.9 63.6 181.8
  Industrials stocks
  Food and allied products Beverages Building materials Industrial mines
  index (1935 to 1939=100)
January 127.8 357.6 149.0 106.1
February 130.3 334.0 150.5 106.9
March 129.0 327.8 148.6 100.4
April 134.6 353.8 160.6 106.0
May 136.6 410.6 164.0 109.8
June 136.4 410.3 167.0 108.5
July 134.0 430.2 157.3 100.1
August 129.9 430.5 154.1 96.1
September 123.7 349.2 137.1 84.5
October 122.8 330.9 133.9 81.6
November 121.0 314.3 134.9 83.6
December 123.3 317.1 138.4 92.1
  Public utilities stocks
  Public utilities, total Transportation Telephone and telegraph Power and traction
  index (1935 to 1939=100)
January 148.6 256.4 120.3 125.7
February 146.0 249.7 122.2 122.7
March 142.0 229.6 126.5 121.7
April 145.0 233.8 128.2 124.8
May 140.0 224.1 134.1 117.8
June 138.0 234.0 135.6 110.0
July 132.0 206.9 132.0 109.8
August 130.3 197.5 131.5 109.9
September 118.8 164.8 124.0 103.7
October 114.1 150.8 114.8 103.8
November 115.2 145.6 114.7 107.5
December 118.3 148.7 118.9 110.3
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.