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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... (0.65 per cent) at 3203.86. The main indices had plunged in opening trade, shedding more than 1.0 per cent, reeling from jobs data that came in far below expectations. The Labor Department reported the US added only 88,000 nonfarm jobs in March, a third ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... treading water for the last trading days, back and forth between the bulls and the bears," said Levy, adding that Friday's US jobs reports and upcoming corporate earnings could help the market settle on a direction. LONDON - European stock markets have ...

Kim playing Duke Nukem is the bigger worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... disappointed market expectations. There was the ADP Research Institute payrolls report that showed only 158,000 private sector jobs were created in March - no good for a market that's predicting a 200,000 addition. It's off 42 grand. Then again, most ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... closing records. Alan Skrainka of Cornerstone Wealth Management said the disappointing economic reports - on private-sector jobs growth and service sector activity - provided an occasion for the market to pause after reaching recent peaks. "The market ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... "Federal spending reductions due to start in March could lower gross domestic product by 0.6 percentage point and cost 750,000 jobs by the end of 2013, according to the CBO". Well hello dolly, higher income taxes had been in effect since January and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... - Asian markets closed mixed following another strong lead from Wall Street, where traders took heart from more upbeat US jobs numbers. The yen was flat after Japanese MPs gave final approval to the government's nominees to take the helm at the Bank ...

Jobs a-plenty but not if Gillard could help it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... one of my brother-in-arms is not so impressed saying that, "...it's not as good as the headline suggests, a lot of those jobs are in part-time employment". That may be. Part-time employment jumped by 53,700 in February. Still, even the 17,800 addition ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
The Australian market is set for a strong start to trade with encouraging jobs figures in the United States helping Wall Street post its longest winning streak in more than 16 years. At 0757 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract ...

The happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... latest US non-farm payrolls report provides a strong enough tailwind to push it there and further. America generated 236,000 jobs in February -- plus 246,000 private and minus 10,000 public - after an increase of 119,000 in the previous month. This was ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
The Australian market is set to begin the week higher, following gains on US and European markets due to encouraging US jobs data. The US unemployment rate fell to 7.7 per cent, data released on Friday showed. At 0759 AEDT on Monday, the March share ...