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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... Jones Industrial Average plunged 239.61 points, or 2.11 per cent, to 11,131.08 and the Standard & Poor's 500 broad-market index lost 22.39 points to 1,234.37. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite slipped 46.31 points to 2,264.22. LONDON - European stock exchanges ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 21.41 points, or 0.19 per cent, to 11,370.69 and the Standard & Poor's 500 broad-market index added 5.22 points to 1,257.76. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite gained 30.42 points, or 1.33 per cent, to 2,310.43. The yield ...

This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... slowed markedly in recent months and is now in negative. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Housing Market Index -- an indicator of home sales and expectations for future home building -- will also be released on Wednesday. The index is ...

Barclays emits carbon trading ETN

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... and are unsecured, unsubordinated debt securities which are issued by the bank and linked to the performance of a market index.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
... technology-heavy Nasdaq composite tumbled 79.89 points, or 3.33 per cent, to 2,321.37 and the Standard & Poor's 500 broad-market index retreated 38.82 points, or 2.94 per cent, to 1,283.15. The market got off to a weak start after a broker downgrade ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... or 0.97 per cent. PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 5,142.1 points, up 64.06 or 1.26 per cent. ZURICH - The Swiss market index closed at 7,778.93 points, up 125.22 or 1.64 per cent. TOKYO - The Nikkei stock average rose 0.35 per cent to hit a four-month ...

Market shake-up spurs ETF demand

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
Financial advisers are playing a key role in helping offset the current volatility by steering investors towards exchange-traded funds (ETFs). ETF giant iShares, which is offered by Barclays Global Investors, is at the vanguard of this phenomenon. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... or 0.08 per cent. PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 4,855.4 points, up 14.69 or 0.30 per cent. ZURICH - The Swiss market index closed at 7,536.45 points, down 10.44 or 0.14 per cent. TOKYO - The Nikkei average edged up 0.36 per cent but gave up most ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
The Australian stock market is expected to open weaker, influenced by a weak result on Wall Street and lower base metal prices. At 0804 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was down 20 points at 6538. In economic news ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... markets were closed today for the Labour Day holiday and resume business on Wednesday. The benchmark Hong Kong stock market index ended Monday down 1.01 per cent at 20,318.98. WELLINGTON - The NZSX-50 index fell 2.979 points points to 4191.661.