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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... cent. Traders took little encouragement on Thursday from a stronger manufacturing report. The Institute for Supply Management said that manufacturing grew last month at the fastest pace since June. LONDON - European shares slid, giving up some of the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... but reflected softness in manufacturing and in the US labour market. In the United States, the Institute for Supply Management put the reading for its monthly manufacturing survey at 50.6 per cent, lower than in July but above analysts' expectations. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... businesses in the US in July, fewer than in June but better than analysts had expected. As well, the Institute for Supply Management said its index of non-manufacturing activity fell to 52.7 last month, indicating that the US service sector hardly grew ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... as much as expected, in yet another sign of the sluggishness of the US economic recovery. The Institute for Supply Management said that its index of non-manufacturing activity was 53.3 in June, down from 54.6 in May. Analysts had forecast that the index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... The gains came after the Greek parliament passed a bill needed to stave off debt default and the Institute for Supply Management said its index tracking economic activity in the Chicago region had jumped in June, beating forecasts. LONDON - European ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... monthly jobs report for April will reveal when it's released Friday. In a separate report, the Institute for Supply Management said its service sector index rose at the slowest pace in 8 months in April, as many companies express concerns about higher ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... lending rate and the rating agency Moody's lowered Portugal's credit rating. A survey from the Institute for Supply Management reported growth at service companies last month but at a slower rate than analysts were expecting. Technology companies climbed ...

Yesterday today tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... on it - what, and consume more oil? "The surge in energy prices overshadowed an increase in the Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index to 61.4 in February, the highest since May 2004." Neither did it dwell too much on Big Benny's positive ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... results, data released overnight continued the flow of improving stats on America's economy. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index - which I consider the most reliable leading gauge of the US economy - jumped to 60.8 in January ...

Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... outlawed bullfighting in Catalonia, Spain. Perhaps they've banned it in equity markets too. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index - a good leading indicator of the US economy -slipped to 55.5 in July from 56.2 in the previous ...