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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... had dragged the market down. "This is the third month in a row that the sentiment has been down," Mr Campbell said. Bank stocks also were taking the market down with profit-taking. "The finance sector is being dragged down particularly on the recent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... cents, or 2.5 per cent, to $35.27 and Rio Tinto was up $2.00, or 1.71 per cent, to $119.00. Mr Heffernan said the major bank stocks mostly were in the red after strong rises yesterday. "Commonwealth Bank has done very well today," he said. "The other ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... 7.6 points at 5471.6. NEW YORK - The Dow turned negative but the S&P 500 index traded up marginally as a decline in bank stocks, including Bank of America Corp and JPMorgan Chase & Co, punctured an earlier rally. Traders said there was disappointment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... turnaround". The Australian share market closed in the black on Tuesday following a strong US lead overnight, with bank stocks and consumer staples performing strongly. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 44.5 points or 0.79 per cent higher at 5666.1, while ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... she said. "There may be more volume as fund managers come back to work looking for bargains." At 1211 AEDT, the big bank stocks were mixed. Commonwealth Bank had dropped 50 cents to $55.39 after it announced it would open its first branch in Viet Nam. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... points, at 6,493.8, as several investment houses revised their calls on UK interest rates, giving recently battered bank stocks a boost. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 7,944.77 points, up 135.83 or 1.74 per cent. PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
... 1,441.69. The Nasdaq Composite Index shed 4.72 points to 2,588.66. LONDON - UK stocks lifted on gains in resource and bank stocks. The FTSE 100 added 105.7 points to 6,226.5. FRANKFURT - The DAX index climbed 118.34 points to 7,630.31. PARIS - The CAC-40 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
... blue-chip stocks fell on Tuesday as investors booked profits following a record reached in the previous session, but bank stocks and home builders gained as investors bet the worst of the credit squeeze may be over. The flow of cash into equities slowed ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
... 2,115.01. LONDON - UK's FTSE 100 share index closed at its strongest level in nearly a fortnight, boosted by a rise in bank stocks such as Barclays and HBOS which gained as interest rate hike worries eased following muted US inflation data. The FTSE ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2006
... February disappointed the market. Concern that benchmark interest rates may rise further sent bond yields up, pressuring bank stocks like Citigroup Inc.and JPMorgan Chase & Co. On the corporate front, Google Inc shares rose after it signaled it aims ...