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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... extraordinary steps by government officials will help resuscitate stagnant credit markets. That led to buying among bank stocks, which helped lift the blue chip indices but left the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index lagging. The Dow fell 76.62 ...

SEC blocks bank short selling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... short selling, issuing an emergency order that prevents the practice across a number of commercial and investment bank stocks. The order means anyone taking a short position on a named stock arranges beforehand to borrow the securities and deliver them ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... tightening global credit availability, slowing economic growth and rising bad debts. But other brokerse have said local bank stocks represent good value, after being battered by the market in the last six months. Overnight in the US, stocks fell on Monday ...

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 ...