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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... lost 3.8 per cent, United Continental fell 3.3 per cent, and AMR, which owns American Airlines, fell 1.0 per cent. Tech stocks were also pulled down with eBay dropping 2.4 per cent and Apple, which launched its new online iCloud service Monday, sliding ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... higher, by 1.58 per cent, at 4,735.1. NEW YORK - US stocks ended higher on Thursday after a morning slump, with Nasdaq tech stocks outperforming while the Dow's blue chips gave a feeble showing. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 8.10 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... ended up 0.70 per cent, or 20 points, at 2,872.77. Seoul put on 1.59 per cent, or 33.37 points, to end at 2,135.78. Tech stocks in Japan were lifted after US firm Dell announced on Tuesday that net profit nearly tripled to $US945 million ($A890.38 million) ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... Potter said. US shares pushed higher on Tuesday after Microsoft's $8.5 billion deal to buy Skype gave a strong bump to tech stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 75.68 points (0.60 per cent) at 12,760.36 in closing trade. The broader S&P ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... NEW YORK - US shares pushed higher on Tuesday after Microsoft's $8.5 billion deal to buy Skype gave a strong bump to tech stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 75.68 points (0.60 per cent) at 12,760.36 in closing trade. The broader S&P 500 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... The US stock market rose on Friday as US inflation data showed prices rising in line with traders' expectations, but tech stocks were slowed by disappointing Google earnings. At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 56.68 points (0.46 per ...

Experts bullish on US despite debt gloom

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... Caterpillar, Schlumberger and stocks in the materials, energy and infrastructure sectors were a good bet along with tech stocks that addressed the mobile revolution such as Apple, according to Marvin. Steven Billiet, chief executive of ING Investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... plans for cutting the deficit and a Federal Reserve report said the economy is improving at a moderate pace. Surges in tech stocks pushed the Nasdaq Composite ahead of other gauges, while JPMorgan Chase's solid earnings report was overshadowed by worries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... gross domestic product would rise 3.4-3.9 per cent this year, versus a November prediction of 3.0-3.6 per cent. Asian tech stocks were given a lift after computer giant Dell reported in the United States that its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings nearly ...

Catching its second wind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... close above the zero line? Easy, just add one line and it's all fixed. Bargain hunting ensued after the sharp falls in tech stocks. But thanks to Hosni, everything became clear. Reports that Egyptian President Mubarak would be addressing the Egyptians ...