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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... territory. CBA was down 19 cents at $52.66, and Westpac was 14 cents weaker at $22.69, while NAB was steady at $25.21. Wall Street closed firmer. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.5 per cent, the S&P500 climbed 0.57 per cent and the NASDAQ ...

Stay or stay away this May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... rates just doesn't make sense." Australian equities may yet have its "sell in May" realised. But back to America. Wall Street 1st of May gain was prompted by a better than expected update of the Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... Bank of Australia's official interest rate cut. The Australian market looks set to open higher, following the lead of Wall Street which rose on the back of better-than-expected manufacturing figures and encouraging construction data. NEW YORK - A better-than-expected ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... $1.3231 or the same level as late on Friday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose following a positive lead from Wall Street as dealers look ahead to the release of key economic data and European elections over the next week. Seoul put on 0.34 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's lead at the end of last week which closed up despite conflicting signals, as investors weighed disappointing economic news against reports of higher profits at big companies. At ...

There's the good news and there's the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... Shock on Recession Return And here's another from forexpros.com, "Chicago Fed Index Posts Third Straight Decline" Yet Wall Street decided to go up anyways. Warning, self-gloating ahead. Last 11 April, the day after the night the S&P 500 registered its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's rise despite mixed earnings reports, mediocre jobs claims figures but strong housing data. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 18 points at ...

Wow on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
If there's something strange in your neighbourhood, who ya gonna call? Ben Bernanke! It was a wow day on Wall Street overnight as our friend Ben reinforced this Ben's view that it would be a win-win for equity markets, no matter how the Fed see its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street overnight after blockbuster profits from Apple, a solid showing by Boeing, and the US Federal Reserve predicted the US economic growth would pick up. At 0800 AEST on Thursday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
The Australian share market has opened only slightly lower, despite steep falls on Wall Street and losses on European markets. At 1018 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 1.6 points, or 0.04 per cent, at 4,350.6 points, while the ...