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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... flat start to trading today after two days of significant falls due to concerns of spreading debt problems in Europe. Wall Street and major European markets posted losses overnight as concerns remain about Europe's debt crisis, but the falls were not ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... 3,979.96 points. Other European markets were firmer, but Madrid and Milan slipped, reflecting investor nervousness over the state of Spanish and Italian public finances. HONG KONG - Asian stocks were mixed following China's fifth interest rate rise in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
Australian shares are set for a strong start to a week full of economic news after Wall Street rose on promising signs from the US manufacturing industry. At 0627 AEST, the local September share price index futures contract is up 48 points at 4,634 ...

The seventh day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... Those in the know, knows that this is the code word for 'rate hike' the following month. And then of course we have Wall Street - the conductor of the stock market orchestra. There was bad news on unemployment claims. They increased by 1,000 to 427,000 ...

U-G-L-Y

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... this point, this seems to be what the current VIX - "fear" -- index reading suggests. Despite another big fall on Wall Street last Friday, the VIX index went down by 0.8 per cent instead of going up. At 17.95, the index is down 38.9 per cent from its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... points. At 0601 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was down 33 points at 4,558 points. On Wall Street on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 97.29 points, or 0.79 per cent, at 12,151.30. The broader S&P 500 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... up 1.44 per cent to 441.05 pence and Cairn Energy rising 2.31 per cent to 429.90 pence. BP was also in focus as Russia's state-run oil firm Rosneft said it had received new cooperation proposals from the British company after their joint Arctic exploration ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... per cent to 62.35 euros. HONG KONG - Asian stocks fell on Wednesday after an uninspiring overnight performance from Wall Street and a muted response to news that Portugal had agreed a multi-billion-dollar bailout deal. Seoul ended the day off 0.91 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... death of Osama bin Laden. Tokyo closed above 10,000 points on the back of a strengthening greenback amid optimism Wall Street shares would rise following the death of the Al-Qaeda mastermind, dealers said. It was the first time the Nikkei index had closed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
The Australian market has received positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street and commodities finishing higher, after mixed data in the US was offset by strong earnings reports. On the ASX 24 at 0655 AEST, the June share price ...