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Morning market wrap: US stocks dip on disappointing data

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2003
... reflected an increase in the number of discouraged job-seekers. The Institute of Supply management also reported its national index of manufacturing activity crept up to 51.8 in July from 49.8 in June. The Dow Jones industrial average ended the day down ...

Morning market wrap: US bond selling extends to a fifth straight day

... disappointing consumer confidence release to record a fifth consecutive day of losses. The US Conference Board reported its index of consumer confidence slumped to 76.6 in July from 83.5 the previous month, and contrary to expectations of a small rise. ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares and bonds both stronger

... reported the CPI was flat in the June quarter, with the annual rate of inflation falling to 2.7%. Westpac also announced its index of leading economic indicators jumped to 5.6% in May, foreshadowing a pick-up in domestic growth in early 2004. Local gains ...

Australia's economic growth rate to pick up: Westpac

The latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity has predicted that Australia's economic growth rate is likely to pick up in the first half of 2004. The index shows the likely pace of economic activity for six to nine months ...

Morning market wrap: US shares end week stronger

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2003
... at 993.32. The Nasdaq composite index advanced 10.5 points (0.6%) to 1,708.5. The University of Michigan announced its index of consumer sentiment edged 0.6 points higher to 90.3 in July, broadly in line with market forecasts. But the news prompted some ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks sag on mixed economic data

... payrolls declined by 30,000 in June and the unemployment rate rose to a new 9-year high of 6.4%. But the ISM said its index of service sector activity jumped 6.1 points to 60.6 in June, the highest level since June 2000. The Dow Jones composite index ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks up in late trade

... 982.31. The Nasdaq rose 17.3 points (1.1%) to close at 1,640.1. The Institute of Supply Management earlier reported its index of manufacturing activity edged 0.4 points higher to 49.8 in June, below consensus forecasts and below the 50 level that marks ...

Annualised domestic growth rate jumps to 6.2%: Westpac

... annualised growth rate of economic activity was 6.2 per cent in April, according to the Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity. Westpac said the growth rate was an "extraordinary turnaround" from March's reading of 1.5%. The annualised ...

Morning market wrap: US Stocks Slump Friday As Confidence Wanes

... sharply lower Friday, following a survey showing consumer confidence soured in early June. The University of Michigan's index of consumer sentiment dropped to 87.2 in June from 92.1 in May, in contrast to forecasts of a modest rise. The decline was driven ...

S&P Global 1200 revised to incorporate the S&P/ASX 50 index

Research, indices and ratings provider Standard & Poor's will revise the structure of the S&P Global 1200 index series to include the S&P/ASX 50, it has announced. Currently, the S&P Global 1200 covers the Asia Pacific region via the S&P Asia Pacific ...