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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open sharply lower after big falls on Wall Street led by tech stocks. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down 51 points at 5,425. The Nasdaq closed down 3.10 per cent with investors ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open strongly higher following Wall Street's surge led by tech stocks after US Federal Reserve minutes showed no support for an early rise in interest rates. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... global investment manager Tim Radford said US markets finished more than one per cent lower thanks to heavy losses in tech stocks. But, he said, the local market had fared relatively well at the open, given the weak lead. "Technology shares are getting ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... added 14.72 (0.79 per cent) at 1,872.34. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite jumped 43.24 (1.04 per cent) to 4,198.99. Tech stocks were the main beneficiaries of the bounce, after having been sold-off heavily last week amid worries of a new bubble and fears ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... thought there would be some excitement in the share price - but it has not happened yet," he said. All sectors, bar info tech stocks, were posting gains. In the resources sector, Rio Tinto was having a good day, rising $1.32, or 2.1 per cent, to $65.56 ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... seek an end to economic policy paralysis in Washington. The S&P 500 and Dow were slightly higher, but the sell-off in tech stocks continued unabated from Tuesday, when the Nasdaq plunged two per cent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 26.45 points ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... pulled the rug from under US stock markets, sending them lower after strong early gains. The Nasdaq tumbled as major tech stocks sank, with Apple falling 2.5 per cent, Oracle 2.8 per cent, Facebook 2.4 per cent and eBay 2.6 per cent. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... pulled the rug from under US stock markets, sending them lower after strong early gains. The Nasdaq tumbled as major tech stocks sank, with Apple falling 2.5 per cent, Oracle 2.8 per cent, Facebook 2.4 per cent and eBay 2.6 per cent. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... September share price index futures contract was down 12 points at 4,364 points, with 6,532 contracts traded. In the US, tech stocks dragged on sentiment and brought Wall Street lower, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sliding 68.06 points to finish ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... Australian market looks set to open flat despite Wall Street falling into the red, unable to maintain early gains as tech stocks dragged on sentiment. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down three points at ...