Sales for the first six months increased 1.6 percent year-over-year.
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Health care and social assistance and retail trade also contributed to the increase.
Year-to-date sales increase 5.6 percent year-over-year.
Year-to-date sales decreased 3.4 percent year-over-year.
Coincident Economic Index increased 0.3 percent, while Lagging Economic Index decreased 0.1 percent.
Sales in Quebec and Ontario accounted for most of the gain.
At the national level, apartment and condo spending drove the increase.
Profit grew 1.7 percent for the manufacturer of containerboard and corrugated packaging products.
Rental revenue decreased 1.3 percent in the quarter.
Industrial sales for the quarter were up 14.8 percent year-over-year.
Profit increased 10 percent for the period.
Higher municipal water product sales more than offset declines in flow instrumentation products.
Year-to-date sales decreased 1 percent year-over-year.
Privately owned housing starts up 4.8 percent compared with May.
Private equity firm to acquire distributor.
Index increases 0.7 points to 94.5 for the month.
