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AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... fresh records this week, spawning comparisons to July 4 fireworks on the eve of the US Independence Day holiday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 216.42 points for the four-day week (1.28 per cent) to 17,068.26, while the S&P 500 increased 24.48 ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... records as investors looked ahead to Thursday's European Central Bank meeting and Friday's monthly US jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 21.29 points, or 0.13 per cent, to 16,722.34, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.73 points, or 0.04 per ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... US new-home sales helped to push Wall Street stocks broadly higher. The index advanced 0.4 per cent on Friday and the Dow Jones also rose 0.4 per cent. "European shares were also up by a similar amount on Friday so the lead-in for our market tomorrow ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... cents to $8.84 after it said drought conditions had caused its first half profit to tumble. Overnight in the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 101.47 points (0.61 per cent) to 16,613.97. The broad-based S&P 500 fell 8.92 (0.47 per cent) to ...

S&P Dow Jones appoints head of Australia and NZ

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
S&P Dow Jones Indices has appointed Daphne van der Oord as its new head of Australia and New Zealand. SPDJI has also appointed a senior director of channel management in shape of ASX's Jonathan Morgan. The two appointments are part of a move to expand ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... as worsening tensions over Ukraine overshadowed a US labour report that showed surprisingly strong jobs growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 45.98 points (0.28 per cent) to 16,512.89 on Friday. The broad-based S&P 500 shed 2.54 (0.13 per cent) ...

Bloomberg takes over UBS commodities indices

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... calculation, distribution and licensing of the bank's commodity indexes. From 1 July, the indexes will be renamed from the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Family to the Bloomberg Commodity Index Family. "Benchmarks are at the heart of the financial system ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... closed modestly lower as investors digested a series of economic data ahead of Friday's big jobs report for March. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed flat on Thursday, down a scant 0.45 point at 16,572.55. The broad-based S&P 500 slipped 2.13 (0.11 ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... gained 13.9 points, or also 0.26 per cent, to 5,408.8 points. NEW YORK - The S&P 500 has risen to a new high, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell just short of a record on another good day for stocks. Positive sentiment on Wednesday lifted the ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... stocks finished higher as biotechnology companies and other high-tech equities steadied following a two-day skid. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 91.19 points (0.56 per cent) to 16,367.88. The broad-based S&P 500 rose 8.18 points (0.44 per cent) ...