Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 91 - 100 of 3484 results for "Dow Jones"

S&P creates ASX200 futures index

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched the S&P/ASX 200 Futures Index, which tracks the returns generated from an investment in the front-month futures contract on the S&P/ASX200 Index. The benchmark provides investors an alternative way to measure Australian ...

NIRP before lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Narayana Kocherlakota - nice to have company in high places. As reported by Dow Jones Business News, my new BFF Narayana, "...devoted part of his speech to trying to understand why labor-market gains have ...

SPIVA report shows most active managers beaten by index again

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
The latest S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) scorecard has once again revealed the vast majority of active managers underperform their benchmark. The latest rebalance of the semi-annual report for data to end of June 2015, shows that ...

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices hails ESG leaders

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, offered jointly by RobecoSAM and S&P Dow Jones Indices, has released its 2015 review. The equity indices are limited to companies that pass RobecoSAM's environmental, social and governance (ESG) evaluations, collectively ...

S&P launches sinner-free index

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched a sinner-free index that includes the S&P500 companies whose practices adhere to Catholic values, and exclude those who don't. The S&P500 Catholic Values Index is the first Catholic index that uses the S&P500 as a ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... have finished lower following a mixed batch of earnings reports and another big decline by technology giant Apple. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 47.51 points (0.27 per cent) to 17,550.69. The broad-based S&P 500 fell 4.72 (0.22 per cent) to ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... equities have weighed on US stocks following poor earnings from ExxonMobil and Chevron and a drop in oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 55.52 points (0.31 per cent) to 17,690.46. The broad-based S&P 500 dropped 4.71 (0.22 per cent) to ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... results, but the Nasdaq has gained as food giant Mondelez raises its forecast after better-than-expected earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 5.41 points (0.03 per cent) to 17,745.98 on Thursday. The broad-based S&P 500 was essentially flat ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
The Australian share market is set to open higher after another positive session on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.7 per cent after the US Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate at near-zero per cent and gave no fresh ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... losing streak, posting strong gains after positive earnings from UPS and a big rally in petroleum-linked stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 189.68 points (1.09 per cent) to 17,630.27. The broad-based S&P 500 gained 25.61 (1.24 per cent) at ...