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Morning market wrap: US shares mixed in quiet trade

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2003
US equity markets closed mixed Friday amid weak turnover and little in the way of new data. The Dow Jones industrial average ended the day up 64.6 points (0.7%) at 9,191.1, while the broader S&P 500 closed 3.5 points higher (0.4%) at 977.6. But the ...

Morning market wrap: US shares regain lost ground

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2003
US shares bounced back overnight on news of the deaths of Saddam Hussein's two sons and a series of solid earnings reports. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 61.8 points (0.7%) to 9,158.5, while the S&P 500 gained 9.3 points (1.0%) to end at 988.1. ...

Morning market wrap: US shares end week stronger

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2003
US shares closed the week on a stronger note, buoyed by favourable earnings reports from Microsoft and Ericsson. The rise also snapped a three-day streak of losses, prompted by Nokia's earlier announcement of a lacklustre earnings outlook. The Dow Jones ...

Morning market wrap: US shares make further gains

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2003
US shares ended higher Monday, buoyed by solid earnings results from banks Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp. The second quarter earnings season commences in earnest later this week. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 57.6 points (0.6%) to ...

Morning market wrap: US shares sharply lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2003
US stocks slumped Thursday, sparked by an earnings report from internet company Yahoo Inc. and news of a surge in jobless benefit claims in early July. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 120.2 points (1.3%) to 9,036.0, while the broader S&P 500 lost ...

Morning market wrap: US Shares up, Australian dollar slumps

US shares continued their ascent Tuesday, buoyed by a wave of merger and acquisition activity. Data storage company EMC Corp. announced the acquisition of Legato Systems Inc., while auto parts manufacturer ArvinMeritor Inc. launched a hostile cash bid ...

Morning market wrap: US shares end mixed

Major US share indexes ended mixed on Tuesday, as markets continued to await the outcome of the FOMC meeting. Earlier the Conference Board announced US consumer confidence was broadly unchanged in June, its index edging 0.1 point lower to 83.5, and ...

Morning Market Wrap: US Shares Finish Modestly Higher

US equities ended Thursday trade a touch higher, as new economic data continued to paint a picture of sluggish economic recovery. Also, after market reports from Oracle Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. provided a mixed outlook for earnings growth. The Dow ...

Morning market wrap: Dow falls back below 9,000

US shares started the week on a weaker note, pushing the Dow Jones index back below 9,000 points, echoing the softer sentiment seen earlier in London. All Ordinaries: 3018.10 (+0.00) Dow Jones: 8980.00 (-82.79) NASDAQ: 1603.97 (+23.45) FTSE-100: 4129.10 ...

Morning market wrap: US shares resume upward swing

Domestic shares are likely to start the week on a positive note as the Dow Jones index finished strongly higher on Friday. The index rose by 139.08 points to close at 8850.26 points, while the Nasdaq rose 20.96 points to 1595.91 points. All Ordinaries ...