31. Despite the strong bond market rally, the Dow Jones utility index decreased 2.04 points, to 214.08. 32. Since Sept . 11, the Standard & Poor's utility index has declined by nearly 14 percent. 33. The Dow Jones Utilities Index slipped as much as 2 . 17 to 205 . 14. 34. The Standard & AMP; Poor's Utilities Index dropped 1 . 85 percent in the same period. 35. The Standard & AMP; Poor's Utilities Index rose 17 . 29 percent in the same period. 36. The CDAX Utilities Index rose 2 . 5 percent on the week to 288 . 46. 37. Even staid electric utility stocks rose, pushing the Dow Jones utility index up 1 . 5 percent. 38. The small utilities index gained about 1 . 4 percent and the mid-cap index about 1 percent. 39. This regret term is usually an increasing, continuous and non-negative function subtracted to the traditional utility index . 40. Yet, since the end of March, the Standard & Poor's Utilities index has risen by 12.6 percent.