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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
Australian markets have received a strong negative lead from Wall Street, after US shares went into a freefall on Monday over financial market uncertainty revolving around the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy and the fire sale of Merrill Lynch. At 0722 AEST ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... 1.24 per cent to 4,840.4, while the broader All Ordinaries dropped 62.1 points or 1.25 per cent to 4,915.3. NEW YORK - US shares closed mixed Friday in volatile trading after Citigroup reported better-than-expected losses and Microsoft and Google issued ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... per cent, higher at 5,290, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 9.9 points, or 0.18 per cent to 5,418.8. NEW YORK - US shares declined in choppy trade as weak economic data and a bleak outlook from delivery giant UPS darkened the mood ahead of a Federal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... 1.16 per cent, at 5,648.1, while the broader All Ordinaries fell 63.9 points, or 1.1 per cent, to 5,754.5. NEW YORK - US shares struggled higher today as investors shook off volatile crude oil prices and digested a stronger-than-expected report on durable ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... points during the week, posting the seventh weekly gain this year. HONG KONG - Stocks rose, tracking strong Asian and US shares, as lower oil prices boosted energy firms such as Sinopec and financial and property plays gained on renewed US optimism. ...

Sub-prime's house of cards

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
Like a house of cards near an open window, many things tumbled overnight - US shares, the ASX/S&P 200, Asian stocks, the FTSE, US bond yields, gold, base metals, the Aussie dollar and, on the upside, oil prices also dropped. Asian markets tumbled after ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... lower at 6696.6, while the All Ordinaries shed 126.9 points to 6726.7 Both indices closed at record highs. NEW YORK - US shares finished higher Friday after spending most of the day in negative territory. It came with a late surge in industrial shares ...

Market freefall not a bear signal

... BT Financial's general manager of investments, Dirk Morris, said that the fund added more global shares, particularly US shares, in their portfolio, when the Dow Jones dropped as much as 5.62 per cent over the week to 27 July. "The falls on Friday need ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
... single trigger for the drop. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index slid 1.82 per cent in a choppy market as a rebound in US shares failed to comfort investors bruised by a sell-off in global equities in the previous session. The FTSE 100 closed down 114.6 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
... National Australia Bank climbed 24 cents to $40.04. Australia's fifth largest bank St George was up 21 cents to $32.69. US shares were mixed as the market digested a sharp spike in wholesale price inflation, but the strong momentum lifted the Dow blue-chip ...