Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1471 - 1480 of 3675 results for "Wall STreet"

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
Australian stocks opened flat on Friday, following a mixed lead from Wall Street. At 1030 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.7 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 4,311.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen 2.5 points, or 0.06 ...

Boring same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... end-of-week, end-of-month, end-of-quarter drinkathon today. European equities tumbled and set the early trading tone on Wall Street last night. The bloggeratis reported that it's because of Standard & Poor's comment that Greece may need to restructure ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat after falls on European markets but a mixed lead from Wall Street. At 0800 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down two points at 4,338. In economic news on Friday, the Housing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Australian stocks opened weaker on Thursday as a poor lead from Wall Street and bad news from Leighton Holdings dragged the market lower. At 1030 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 14 points, or 0.32 per cent, at 4,329.5 points, while the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... Paris the CAC 40 lost 1.14 per cent to 3430.15 points. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly edged lower after a slip on Wall Street and on profit-taking after the previous day's strong showing. While there were few incentives to buy, the lingering concerns ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... found three cents at $21.76, ANZ improved six cents to $23.24, and Commonwealth Bank was 16 cents richer at $50.02. On Wall Street on Tuesday, stocks closed lower amid profit-taking after Monday's strong surge and a slip in consumer confidence. The Dow ...

All that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
Bernanke, houses and confidence (or the lack of it) sent many on Wall Street clicking on the sell button last night. It was them! They were the ones that sent a many on Wall Street clicking on the sell button last night. It was Bernanke. In an interview ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
The Australian share market is set to open lower after a fall on Wall Street due to lower consumer confidence. At 0804 AEDT on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 21 points at 4,307. In economic news, the Reserve Bank of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... points at 4,312, with 8,945 contracts traded. The local market was buoyed by strong leads in offshore markets, with Wall Street's major indices rallying after Dr Bernanke signalled the US central bank is not willing to exit its easy monetary policy until ...

Big Ben boosta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... we could just get to it I know we could break through it." It didn't take long, did it? It took only a few days of Wall Street experiencing an attack of the wobbles and here we have our ol' friend Ben calming nerves with a karaoke rendition of James ...