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Chief economist update: A vaccine and a better vaccine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" as news of a better COVID-19 vaccine sent both the S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones Industrials Average soaring to new record highs overnight. Here's the news Factset prepared earlier: "Moderna (MRNA-US ) said ...

Three down one to go, then another three in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... announcement. The S&P 500 soared by as high as 0.9% from its previous day's close to a new record high and the Dow Jones Industrials index by 0.8% (just 0.5% short of the record peak hit on 21 September this year). And why shouldn't they? The ...

Happier New Year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... happier one. The first week of 2018 tally shows all four major Wall Street equity indices - S&P 500 (+2.6%), Dow Jones Industrials (+2.3%), Nasdaq Composite (+3.4%), Russell 2000 (+1.6%) -- surged to new record highs; so has the FTSE-100 index (+0.47%) ...

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... 2000 by 16.7 points - but these aren't headline material unlike the three-figure 101.4-point "slump" in the Dow Jones Industrials index that's sure to get some palpitations going. All bad, except the reports failed to mention the absolute level of the ...

On the road to normal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... Speaking of boom, the US equity markets are having one of its own with all major equity indices - S&P 500; Dow Jones Industrials; Nasdaq composite; Russell 2000 - at or near record highs, indicating confidence in the US economic outlook. This provides ...

Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... world. These -- along with the economic recessions they induced -- halted both the S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones Industrials index record breaking run of 2007. The S&P 500 index plunged by 56.8% from (what was then its record closing high) 1,565.15 ...

Can't help falling in love with stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... 'Sing Hallelujah' by Dr. Alban They're dancing and singing on the streets - Wall Street, that is -- for the Dow Jones Industrials Index has officially closed at an all-time record high. Commiseration to you 9 October 2007, your 14,164.53-point best is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... President Barack Obama the financial regulation bill. A series of disappointing economic reports had sent the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 100 points in late trading. In the last half hour, the Dow scrambled back to a loss of just seven. Two regional ...

Market Wrap - Mid-Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... per cent, to $38.25 and Rio Tinto rose $1.60, or 2.43 per cent, to $67.44. On Wall Street overnight, the Dow Jones industrials climbed back above 10,000 after investors had second thoughts about the heavy selling in the stock market during the last two ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... stocks enjoyed a late-day rally overnight, with most stocks surging in the final hour of trading to give the Dow Jones industrials a gain of 123. That ended a two-day slump that sent the Dow down nearly 440. The market had a choppy rebound although Federal ...
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