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Midday market wrap: All Ords gain value despite exports fears

Despite concerns about the rise in the Australia dollar and its perceived negative impact on exports, the All Ordinaries rose 20.5 points or 0.639 per cent in trading this morning. The shares of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, Kerry Packer's PBL and Fairfax ...

Morning market wrap: US shares build on earlier gains

The Nasdaq composite index raced to a new 17-month high, and the Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 advanced to new 14-month highs, following upbeat sales news from Cisco Systems Inc. The leading manufacturer of internet routing equipment said ...

Morning market wrap: US shares close up on low turnover

US share markets closed higher Friday, despite low turnover ahead of the Labor Day long weekend. Markets were helped by the release of the Chicago NAPM index, which jumped four points to 58.9 in August. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 41. 6 points ...

Morning market wrap: US shares broadly steady

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2003
Major US share market indexes ended narrowly mixed, hampered by thin volumes and a renewed rise in bond yields. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 31.2 points (0.3%) to close at 9,317.6, while the broader S&P 500 inched up by less than a point to ...

Morning market wrap: US shares weather bombings

Major US share market indexes rose overnight, although two separate bombings in the Middle East and a disappointing earnings report after the market from Hewlett-Packard have raised the spectre of renewed risk aversion. Shares in HP fell by over 10% ...

Morning market wrap: US shares up on low volumes

Major US share market indexes crept higher overnight, including the Nasdaq which finally snapped a run of six straight declines. The Dow Jones industrial average ended the session 26.3 points (0.3%) higher at 9,217.4, while the S&P 500 rose 3 points ...

Morning market wrap: US shares mixed in quiet trade

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2003
US equity markets closed mixed Friday amid weak turnover and little in the way of new data. The Dow Jones industrial average ended the day up 64.6 points (0.7%) at 9,191.1, while the broader S&P 500 closed 3.5 points higher (0.4%) at 977.6. But the ...

Morning market wrap: US shares regain lost ground

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2003
US shares bounced back overnight on news of the deaths of Saddam Hussein's two sons and a series of solid earnings reports. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 61.8 points (0.7%) to 9,158.5, while the S&P 500 gained 9.3 points (1.0%) to end at 988.1. ...

Morning market wrap: US shares end week stronger

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2003
US shares closed the week on a stronger note, buoyed by favourable earnings reports from Microsoft and Ericsson. The rise also snapped a three-day streak of losses, prompted by Nokia's earlier announcement of a lacklustre earnings outlook. The Dow Jones ...

Morning market wrap: US shares make further gains

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2003
US shares ended higher Monday, buoyed by solid earnings results from banks Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp. The second quarter earnings season commences in earnest later this week. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 57.6 points (0.6%) to ...