TABLE-Japan Aug tertiary sector index +1.3 pct m/m

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TOKYO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Following is a breakdown of Japan's
tertiary sector index of service industry activity for August.

Click on [JPTERT=ECI] for stories on the tertiary sector
index data. Details were as follows: (preliminary, with
percentage changes, previous figures may be revised; economists'
median forecast is in parenthesis.)
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AUG JULY AUG INDEX
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Tertiary index +1.3 -0.4* 111.3
Utilities +8.0 -4.4* 111.0
Information and communication +0.9 +3.6* 123.7
Wholesale, retail +2.0 -1.4 101.8
Financial and insurance +1.1 +1.4* 117.8
Real estate -0.7 +1.2* 109.3
Services -1.0 +0.2* 114.6
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* revised

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of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry here