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AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2005
... Warehouse will release first quarter sales while Merrill Lynch hosts an investment managers seminar. NEW YORK - US technology stocks rose for a third day as investors snapped up the shares on hopes of a year-end rally, while a report showing strong wage ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2005
... as well as rising energy prices, on the US economy. Shares of Microsoft shot up 2.7 per cent and pulled other technology stocks higher as investors were heartened by its results, despite a disappointing revenue forecast. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

Internet spending will catch up: Allianz Global Tech

... spent nearly $1.7 billion in internet assets this year, the market sat up and asked 'Is it time to invest in technology stocks again?' The team at Allianz Global Investors RCM Technology fund says yes. "Many investors over-allocated to technology during ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2005
... receding oil prices, while data showing stronger-than-expected manufacturing activity last month underpinned technology stocks. The same manufacturing report and remarks by a Federal Reserve bank president raised speculation that interest rates will ...

MFS Global Equity Trust gets Morningstar seal of approval

... basis as at 31 March 2005. This result was mainly driven by the manager's decision not to be heavily weighted in technology stocks in the late 1990s. The strategy the fund employs is a bottom-up approach. Research is performed to select stocks possessing ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2004
... bullion soared past the $US400 mark overnight. US stocks ended slightly higher overnight as investors nibbled at technology stocks that were battered in recent sessions. A surge in gold prices boosted shares of mining companies, like Newmont Mining ...

Intersuisse says biotechs performing best since 2000

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2004
Australian biotechnology stocks were performing at their best since the technology boom of 2000, brokerage Intersuisse said today. Intersuisse said share prices for biotech companies had risen 24% to the year to June 2004, outperforming the All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap

... from Wednesday's close at 3378. The slide on Wall Street came despite some upbeat earning news from major US technology stocks which had helped drive the Dow Jones Industry index more than 100 points higher midway through the session. But oil prices ...

Midday Market Report: RBA meeting nerves prompts lacklustre trading

... market is lacklustre." The slow trade followed marginal gains in blue chip stocks in New York on Friday, but technology stocks ended flat as investors drew withdrew support after strong gains in October. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 14.51 ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar strong after volatile night

... Statistics is due to release its September quarter trade price indexes and new motor vehicle sales data. In NEW YORK, Technology stocks edged up on Thursday on the back of upbeat economic data and a strong corporate earnings season, but tepid forecasts ...