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No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... leaving the emergency ward. 'Twas an expensive reminder though with the Euro Stoxx 50 index dropping by 2.9% overnight. Wall Street's losses were more contained - the S&P 500 index closed down 0.84% after falling by more than 1.4% in intra-day trade ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... points, or 0.32 per cent, at 4,430.3 points NEW YORK - US stocks have closed lower but off earlier steep losses as Wall Street focused on European political and economic uncertainty and some US earnings results missed expectations. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
SYDNEY, April 23 AAP - The Australian share market opened slightly lower, despite gains on Wall Street and positive leads from European markets. At 1014 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 3.6 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,362.9 ...

Dickens on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... Everything before us - well, almost everything - if the worst of times is yet to come. Still looks like a win-win for Wall Street to me. The Fed's committed to making the recovery stick. And so are all other government and central bank authorities around ...

Market Wrap-Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... while the broader All Ordinaries index inched higher by 3.1 points, or 0.07 per cent, to 4,444.4 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street shares closed higher on Friday, buoyed by better than expected US earnings, solid German business confidence data and a $430 ...

It's all in the spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... Pausing for a jump or poised for a dive? At this point, the subject is very much subject to market interpretation. Wall Street's behaviour - and the rest of 'em major equity markets - over the past few days suggests that it's a 50/50 proposition. Said ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower, following Wall Street's lead where US employment and housing data overshadowed a successful Spanish bond auction. At 0813 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down three ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
The Australian share market opened slightly higher following gains for the mining giants and despite falls on Wall Street. At 1013 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.9 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 4,355.6 points, while the broader ...

Missing the forest for the daily grind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... other way around? I can never get that right. Anyways. We saw this in action in real-time over the past two days. Wall Street - and most other equity markets - rallied yesterday as investors welcomed news of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) upgraded ...

In it to win it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... shadows and bought what the worrywarts were peddling instead. They've been vindicated once again. For last night, Wall Street rebounded big time and European equity markets bounced back bigger time - including a 2.3% rise in the Spanish bourse and a ...