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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... improvement in the jobs market, retail sales and the economy's service sector, and as oil prices eased slightly. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 191.40 points (1.59 per cent) higher at 12,258.20, while the broader S&P 500 index rose 22.53 (1.72 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... expectations that the government's employment report coming out Friday could show a decline in the unemployment rate. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 8.29 points, or 0.07 per cent, to settle at 12,066.31. The S&P 500 rose 2.11, or 0.16 per cent ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... lower at 4,789 with 11,908 contracts traded. Wall Street posted a third straight day of losses overnight, although the Dow Jones industrial average recovered most of its losses late in the session. Commsec market analyst Julianna Roadley said uncertainty ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... Libya sent oil prices to two-year highs and technology giant Hewlett-Packard said its revenue growth was slowing. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 107.01 points to 12,105.78, while the S&P 500 fell 8.04 points to 1,307.4 and the Nasdaq composite ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... the bad news coming from the Middle East and North Africa. Worries about increasingly violent unrest in Libya saw the Dow Jones industrial average lose 178.46 points, or 1.4 per cent, to 12,212.79, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index dropped 2.05 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... have closed at fresh two-year highs in choppy trade as investors turned cautious ahead of a long holiday weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 73.11 points (0.59 per cent) at 12,391.25 in closing trades, capping an 11th week of gains in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... offset a Labor Department report that applications for unemployment benefits rose 25,000 from the previous week. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 29.97 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 12,318.1. The Dow has been rising steadily this month, with only ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... more than doubled, thanks to growing sales of large farm machinery in the US and Canada. In late afternoon trade, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 59.87 points, or 0.49 per cent, at 12,286.51. The Standard & Poor's 500 index was 7.71 points higher ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... stocks lower. Exxon Mobil Corp lost two per cent, the largest drop for any of the 30 large companies that make up the Dow Jones industrial average. Exxon Mobil said it added 3.5 billion barrels of oil and gas last year to the company's massive reserves ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... highest for the All Ords since April 15 last year when it finished at 5024. NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc pulled down the Dow Jones industrial average Monday after analysts at JPMorgan lowered their outlook for the company. The Standard & Poor's 500 ...