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Morning market wrap: US stocks edge lower

... the disappointing manufacturing data, with the yield on the 10-year Treasury edging down to 3.52% from 3.55%. But the US dollar ended lower against most major currencies. The euro was trading back above $US1.15 - at $1.1504, while the dollar was fetching ...

Morning Market Wrap: US Stocks End Lower

... closed at 4,067.8, up 26.1 points (0.7%). Gains were led by blue-chip growth and cyclical names. In other markets, the US dollar eked out a small advance against the yen, closing at 119.61. But European currencies generally strengthened against the US ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares edge higher

... local market higher, both recording advances in excess of 1.0%. In other markets the Australian dollar was lower as the US dollar continued to benefit from fading expectations of further interest rate cuts. The Australian dollar traded around $US0.6630 ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks gain amid signs of strengthening recovery

... fell for the fourth time in five weeks. The yield on the benchmark 10-year bond jumped 9 points to close at 3.5%. The US dollar also continued its recent advance, ending at a 5 and a half week high against the euro. The euro finished down 0.9% at $US1.1421 ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks sink after Fed decision

... Treasury rising 12 points to 3.25%. Yields backed up more sharply at the shorter end of the Treasuries curve. But the US dollar strengthened against most major currencies, including a 0.5% gain against the euro. The European currency had slipped to $1.1590 ...

Morning market wrap: US shares end mixed

... renewed hopes the Fed would deliver a 50 basis point cut. The yield on the 10-year bond fell 6 points to 3.25%. The US dollar made broad-based gains following the release of the consumer confidence data. The euro ended US trade at $1.1516, while the ...

Midday market wrap: Shares open lower

... Ordinaries was 3.7 points lower at 3,031.5. The Australian dollar also opened a little lower, at $US0.6635. Overnight the US dollar strengthened on news US consumer confidence was broadly steady in June. The yield on the benchmark Australian 10-year ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks slump on earnings doubts

... rallied in the wake of the slump in equity markets, the yield on the benchmark 10-year bond falling 5 points to 3.32%. The US dollar, however, hit a five-week high against the euro, the European currency ending at $US1.1542. The euro was trading at over ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks end mixed week

... increased by almost 30 basis points over the past week. The unwinding of rate cut expectations continues to support the US dollar. At $1.1605, the dollar was trading at month highs against the euro. All Ordinaries 3055.2 +0 NASDAQ 1644.72 -3.92 Dow Jones ...

Afternoon market wrap: Market trims gains in late trade

... in the day the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.6670, down from Friday's closing levels of over $US0.6700. The US dollar continues to benefit from a growing expectation the Fed may only cut rates by 25 basis points when it meets later this week. ...