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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... banks would be cut on Friday to 20.5 per cent from 21 per cent, the PBOC said. Bank of New Zealand currency strategist Mike Jones said the PBOC's move was a surprise. "That was unexpected. Investors were expecting more policy easing from China but not ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... international markets, after weeks of tough trading conditions brought about by Europe's ongoing debt crisis. In the US, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 123 points on Thursday (US time) to 12,904 - its third triple-digit gain this year and highest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... 2008 and data on January housing construction confirming a pickup in that depressed sector. At the closing bell the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 122.76 points (0.96 per cent) to 12,903.71. The broad-based S&P 500 added 14.82 points (1.10 per cent) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... 4,327.4 points. NEW YORK - Stocks on Wall Street are down as renewed concerns about debt-stricken Greece continue. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 97.33 points (0.76 per cent) to 12,780.95 in closing trade. The broad-based S&P 500 dropped 7.26 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... or 0.93 per cent, to 4318.9 points. NEW YORK - Stocks finished roughly flat after a rally at the end of trading. The Dow Jones industrial average closed four points higher at 12,878, just shy of its best close this year. The Standard & Poor's 500 was ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... ifs and buts, everyone is going to watch every single piece of data," Ms Chan said. Wall Street closed firmer - the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.57 per cent, the S&P500 rose 0.68 per cent and the NASDAQ closed up 0.95 per cent. National turnover ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... despite the company saying that first-half profits had jumped 57 per cent. Retail stocks were mostly higher, except for David Jones which fell 1.5 cents to $2.48, and smaller players including Specialty Fashion which dropped four cents, or 7.21 per cent ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
"Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a landslide, Mr. Jones." - The Bee Gees, New York Mining Disaster The optimism that warmed financial markets for the best part of the first six weeks of 2012 has been dented by the comeback of the European sovereign ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... Greece's debt deal that just two days earlier seemed likely to go ahead. Ending its worst week more than a month, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 89.23 points (0.69 per cent) at 12,801.23. The broad-based S&P 500 fell 9.31 (0.69 per cent) ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... just maintain that pace of volatility in the market. It is not sustainable." Wall Street closed marginally higher - the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 0.05 per cent, the S&P500 advanced 0.15 per cent and the NASDAQ climbed 0.39 per cent. On ...