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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed lost 30.6 points to 5,559.7, and all ordinaries shed 31.8 points to 5,541.6. NEW YORK - US shares were mixed as the market digested a sharp spike in wholesale price inflation, but the strong momentum lifted the Dow blue-chip ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2006
... Composite Index advanced 10.41 points to 2169.17. LONDON - British stocks gave back more than half of yesterday's gains as US shares rose but traders said inflation and commodity price concerns remained. The FTSE 100 closed at 5587.1, down 91.6 points ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2006
... cent on advances in shares of brokerages - including Nomura - that have increased their dividend forecasts, and after US shares rose sharply. The index finished up 80.68 points at 16,319.04. HONG KONG - Stocks rose as property shares jumped two per cent ...

Defensive assets take control as growth funds stall

... delivering a negative return of 0.9 per cent for the period and international shares also fell, down 1.0 per cent led by US shares posting a negative return of -1.6 per cent. Listed property markets also underperformed for the third month in a row delivering ...

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 ...