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Of bulls, bears and flatliners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... provide evidence that, albeit slow, the system continues to heal and that the worst is passed. The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) non-manufacturing index (released overnight) and the manufacturing index (released last week) have both steadily improved ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... than anticipated. Better news on housing, construction and manufacturing saw buying increase. The Institute for Supply Management's index of manufacturing activity contracted in March, but by a bit less than anticipated. Construction spending dropped ...

Chinese medicine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... lost in February on top of the 614,000 jobs that disappeared in the previous month. Similarly, the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) non-manufacturing index - a key indicator of activity in the US services, construction and financial sectors - fell ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... industry offered the latest sign that the economy could be starting to heal some of its wounds. The Institute for Supply Management said the nation's service sector shrank in January at a slower pace than in December, but it was the fourth straight month ...

Knife falls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... the previous month, with the economic outlook index declining to 47.2 from 55.4 in November. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) forecasts manufacturing sector revenues to fall by 1.1 per cent in 2009 and non-manufacturing to rise by a just 0.7 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... Financial shares led the losses in the S&P. An index of national manufacturing activity from the Institute for Supply Management fell in February, but the decline was not as steep as economists' forecasts. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 53.24 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... financial services stocks lost heavily on worry that the service-sector slowdown portrayed in the Institute for Supply Management data would crimp demand for loans and capital investment. At mid-afternoon, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 252.00 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
... worries about the profit outlook. Shares of industrial companies dragged on the market after the Institute for Supply Management said its index showed factory activity in November fell to its lowest since January, driving down shares of such bellwethers ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
... yesterday's close of 93.790, while the three-year contract was at 93.550 from 93.580. Overnight, the Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) non-manufacturing index rose one point to 60.7 for June, well above market expectations of a 57.5-point score ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2007
... Technologies Corp propelled the increases in the Dow industrials after an unexpected rise in the Institute for Supply Management's factory index to its highest level in more than a year. Takeover activity included Canada's largest telephone company ...