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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... The broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index ended up 13.78 points, or 1.30 per cent at 1,070.52 points. The Nasdaq composite finished up 24.82 points, or 1.17 per cent, at 2,150.87 points. LONDON - European exchanges closed higher on Tuesday on improved ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... per cent) to end at 10,627.26, as blue chips pulled back from a 15-month closing high Monday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite shed a hefty 30.10 points (1.30 per cent) to 2,282.31 and the broad Standard & Poor's 500 index retreated 10.76 points (0.94 ...

ETFs slash fund fees to 15bp

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... that the six investment choices are ETFs or based on ETFs managed by BGI (now BlackRock): a government securities fund, a bond market ETF, a US equities ETF, a US small cap ETF, an international equities ETF, and target date funds that are composites ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 6.06, or 0.6 per cent, to 1,105.98, after setting a 2009 high of 1,119.13. The Nasdaq composite index rose 21.21, or one per cent, to 2,194.35, reaching an intraday high for the year of 2,214.39. The jobs report weighed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... 10,365.77. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index was 9.57 points lower, or 0.86 per cent, at 1,099.67, while the Nasdaq composite index ended 11.89 points lower, by 0.54 per cent, at 2,173.14. Bond prices fell, pushing yields higher. The yield on the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... pushed stocks to big gains. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped almost two per cent on Thursday, while the Nasdaq composite index, which has a concentration of technology stocks, also gained about two per cent after an upbeat forecast from Cisco ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 14.74 points, or 0.15 per cent, to settle at 9,871.06. The Nasdaq composite edged up 0.75 points, or 0.04 per cent, to 2,139.89, helped by news of Cisco System's deal to buy mobile infrastructure firm ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... bond markets are closed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 20.86 points, or 0.21 per cent, to 9,885.8. The Nasdaq composite lost 0.14 points, or 0.01 per cent, to 2,139.14 and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index added 4.69 points, or 0.44 ...

EQT and PIMCO get van Eyk tick

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... February 2009 in response to client demand. This fund maintains a 50/50 benchmark, split between the UBS Australian Composite Bond and UBS Australian Bank Bill Indices. "The 50:50 benchmark allows us to move between bonds and cash, depending on where ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... Industrial Average added 37.11 points, or 0.39 per cent, to 9580.63, its eighth consecutive increase. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite rose 3.3 points, or 0.16 per cent, to 2027.73 and the Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 2.86 points, or 0.28 per cent ...