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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower following major falls on Wall Street and European bourses on poor US jobs data and weak economic news from China and the eurozone. At 0750 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... after the US Commerce Department revised its forecast of first quarter economic growth from 2.2 per cent to 1.9 per cent. US jobs data was also disappointing, with first-time jobless claims rising to an unexpected 383,000 (seasonally adjusted) - a five-week ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... investors over Greece's future. European surveys indicated the economy slowing sharply across the board while the latest US jobs numbers showed no marked improvement in hiring, the key development needed to increase demand and get the economy moving ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... euro lost ground but French borrowing rates eased as traders braced for weekend elections in two eurozone nations. Weak US jobs data undermined investor sentiment on both sides of the Atlantic. London's FTSE 100 index lost 1.93 per cent to close at 5655.06 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... stock markets gave up early gains to close mixed as a slowing economy pushed euro zone unemployment to a record high and US jobs data added to the gloomy outlook. London's FTSE 100 index fell 0.93 per cent to close at 5,758.11 points, a day after climbing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... while the tech-rich Nasdaq added 20.98 (0.69 per cent) to 3,050.61. LONDON - European stock markets closed mixed as flat US jobs data and weak earnings from major banks offset any positive impact from the US Federal Reserve's latest economic outlook. ...

The Fed, the ECB and the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... in the financial markets only yesterday, doesn't it? The foul mood that was sparked by disappointment over one month's US jobs number. The one that supposedly negated all the other better-than-expected econ and survey stats coming out of America over ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... markets fell sharply on renewed concerns about the eurozone and global growth prospects owing to weak Chinese trade and US jobs data. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index dropped 2.24 per cent to 5,595.55 points on the first trading day for Europe's leading ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... period. And now, now, you're telling me that the world has turned upside down? It has because of one month's disappointing US jobs report? It only reinforces the start of the year outlook that 2012 US growth would be slow. And this is bad because? Au ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... markets fell sharply on renewed concerns about the eurozone and global growth prospects owing to weak Chinese trade and US jobs data. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index dropped 2.24 per cent to 5,595.55 points on the first trading day for Europe's leading ...