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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... and losses in the final hour. Economic news didn't offer investors much incentive to buy. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing executives, said growth in services businesses slowed last month. Its services index fell to 53.8 ...

Bad news bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... alright - but markets only factored in a 10.5 per cent fall. If anything could go wrong... The Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index - a leading indicator of the US economy - declined to 56.2 in June from 59.7 in May. Again, markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... gain the largest since August 2000, after economists forecast spending would be flat. And the Institute for Supply Management said its manufacturing index fell to 59.7 in May from 60.4 in April. The figure was better than economists' forecast of 59. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... years, expanding in April for the ninth consecutive month, an industry survey said on Monday. The Institute for Supply Management said its monthly survey of managers showed a manufacturing recovery that was "quite strong," and which pointed to further ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... followed an upbeat report on services industries and more takeover news earlier in the day. The Institute for Supply Management said its services index for February rose to 53 from 50.5 in January. Economists had forecast a rise to 51. Growth in services ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... two-day rally after growth in the United States' services sector fell short of expectations. The Institute for Supply Management said its index of service activity rose to 50.5 in January from a revised 49.8 in December. The January reading was below ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... about the economy's ability to recover. Major stock indicators traded mixed on Thursday after the Institute for Supply Management said its index of activity in the service industry fell to 48.7 in November from 50.6 in October. That's well below the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... than anticipated. Better news on housing, construction and manufacturing saw buying increase. The Institute for Supply Management's index of manufacturing activity contracted in March, but by a bit less than anticipated. Construction spending dropped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... industry offered the latest sign that the economy could be starting to heal some of its wounds. The Institute for Supply Management said the nation's service sector shrank in January at a slower pace than in December, but it was the fourth straight month ...

Knife falls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... the previous month, with the economic outlook index declining to 47.2 from 55.4 in November. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) forecasts manufacturing sector revenues to fall by 1.1 per cent in 2009 and non-manufacturing to rise by a just 0.7 ...