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Market Wrap - Mid Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... per cent, to 11,499.25, while the broader S&P 500 index rose 7.64 points, or 0.62 per cent, at 1,242.87. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was 20.09 points, or 0.77 per cent, stronger, at 2,637.31. In the final hour of US trade, credit card companies faced a sharp ...

ASX lodges defence for SGX pairing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... Exchange. Three years ago, the London Stock Exchange teamed up with the Borsa Italiana and in 2008, OMX was acquired by NASDAQ to form the NASDAQ OMX Group.

60 Minutes deception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... lost, stay put" - that's precisely what Wall Street did while we were sleeping. The S&P 500 slid by 0.1 per cent and the Nasdaq hopped by 0.1 per cent. And with nothing to do and nowhere to go, financial markets were forced to replay Big Ben Bernanke's ...

Market Wrap - Mid Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... 11,187.28, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index advanced 17.62 points, or 1.49 per cent, to 1,198.35. The tech-laden Nasdaq was the standout performer, jumping 48.17 points, or 1.93 per cent, to 2,543.12, its biggest one-day gain in seven weeks ...

Fear and thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... into millions! Thanks to the late pick up on Wall Street - the S&P 500 and the Dow closed only 0.2 per cent down and the Nasdaq ended plus 0.6 per cent - my performance review shouldn't be all that bad. Having said that, volatility would remain the highlight ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... dropped 178.47 points, or 1.59 per cent, to 11,023.5. The Standard & Poor's 500 index shed 1.62 per cent to 1,178.34 and the Nasdaq fell by 1.75 per cent to 2,469.84. Locally, the hardest hit sector was resources, with many smaller companies posting ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... Industrial Average dropped 37.24 points, or 0.33 per cent, while the broader S&P 500 index declined 0.21 per cent, but the Nasdaq composite index was up 0.04 per cent. "We did not have much of a lead from our mates overseas," he said. "The Dow was down ...

Singapore makes $8.4bn grab for ASX

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... Exchange tied up with the Paris and Amsterdam bourses to form the NYSE Euronext Group. A year later, it's chief rival, the NASDAQ, responded by taking a 30 per cent stake in the London Stock Exchange as well as acquiring a number of Scandinavian bourses. ...

Bad, bad day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... equities. Disappointment was all over Wall Street overnight - big time with its tree major stock indices - Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq - scoring their worst 1-day fall since early August. This wasn't supposed to happen. QE2 is coming, it's almost a done ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
... New York overnight (AEDT), the Dow Jones industrial average rose 1.8 per cent, the S&P500 climbed 2.09 per cent and the NASDAQ advanced 2.36 per cent.