The Conference Board said on Monday that its
Leading Economic Index increased 0.8 percent to 100.9 last
month.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected the index to gain 0.7
percent.
(Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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