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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
... index finished 49.5 points higher at 5248.6 points, while the all ordinaries gained 49 points to 5211.7. NEW YORK - US stocks ended slightly higher on Tuesday, with the Dow reaching a record close and intraday high after a see-saw session, as investors ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
... little bit mixed. "It's very quiet. The market is just waiting, pending the announcement of the Telstra T3 prospectus." US stocks slipped on Friday, ending the Dow's three-day run to record highs. The Dow Jones industrial average closed 16.48 points ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
... closed just 1.4 points higher at 5220.7 points while the all ordinaries gained 3.5 points to 5178.3 points. NEW YORK - US stocks slipped on Friday, snapping the Dow's three-day run to record highs, as jobs data renewed concern about slower economic growth ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2006
... S&P/ASX200 index closed 76.6 points higher at 5219.3, while the all ordinaries gained 73.3 points to 5174.8. NEW YORK - US stocks edged slightly ahead, pushing the Dow Jones industrial to a third straight record high as investors welcomed strong monthly ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
... markets strategist Eric Betts said the weaker oil price had weighed on the local bourse despite lending some strength to US stocks overnight. November delivery crude settled $US2.35 lower, or 3.9 per cent, at $US58.68 a barrel on the New York Mercantile ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 5.5 points to 5184.3, and the all ordinaries was 2.5 points stronger at 5141.2. NEW YORK - US stocks rose with the The Dow Jones industrial average hitting a record high as a tumbling crude oil price fueled positive ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lifted 24.72 points to 5178.8 and the all ordinaries gained 25.70 points to 5138.7. NEW YORK - US stocks fell on Monday, weighed down by the tech sector, which was hit by a brokerage downgrade for Apple Computer Inc and a damaging ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 20.7 points at 5113.9 while the all ordinaries gained 20.5 points to 5075.5. NEW YORK - US stocks rose for a fourth day, with the Dow briefly passing its record closing high set in January 2000, fueled by optimism about ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 3.3 points at 4,989.6 and the all ordinaries added 3.6 points to 4,956.5. NEW YORK - US stocks rose overnight, driving the Dow Jones index to its second-highest close ever, as an unexpectedly big jump in consumer ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2006
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 3.1 points at 4,986.3, and the all ordinaries added 4.5 points to 4,952.9. NEW YORK - US stocks surged overnight with the Nasdaq rising more than one per cent, as oil prices and benchmark interest rates hit multi-month ...