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Morning Market Wrap: Dollar opens weaker

... $US0.7100 and a low of $0.7037 in offshore trade. The US dollar lost gains from better-than-expected jobs data on Friday night amid profit taking, offshore analysts said. The October jobs data showed the unemployment rate dropped to 6.0 per cent from ...

Nikkei rises in afternoon trade, while domestic bonds close weaker

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2003
... Australian share market slipped back a notch today, following on from a softer performance in offshore markets on Friday night. FW Holst & Co dealer Michael Heffernan said it had been a lacklustre day of trading on the local bourse, with only a handful ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar back below US 70 cents

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2003
... end of the New York session. The Australian share market is likely to ease slightly after a weaker Wall Street on Friday night. The purchase by ANZ of The National Bank of New Zealand last Friday and the rising Australian dollar will likely occupy investors' ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar stronger

... board. At 0700 AEST the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.6951/56 compared with Friday's close of 0.6903/08. On Friday night the local unit edged up to $US0.6940 but fell to an overnight low of 0.6870. However, by the open the Australian dollar had ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Flat trading for NSW, SA and ACT public holiday

... was 20 points stronger at 3226 - an 8.8-point premium to the underlying index - on a volume of 7,312 contracts. On Friday night, stock markets around the world rallied after a report showing an increase in jobs in the US for the first time in eight months. ...

Morning Market Wrap: US stocks surge; AU$ weaker

... most analysts to expect a break above 0.7000 in the near future. However a surprising increase in US payroll data on Friday night prompted a strong rally on the US dollar and this, combined with weaker commodity prices, saw the Australian dollar give ...

Afternoon market wrap: Market trims gains in late trade

... points to close at 3059.0. Earlier the index breached 3,070 as the market took the lead from gains in major US indexes Friday night. Among the major movers on the local market was Aristocrat, which posted a further 8 cents gain to close at $1.43. Brambles ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares open lower

The Australian share market opened lower Monday morning, following losses Friday night in major US and European markets. Late in the morning the All Ordinaries was at 3,040.6, some 12.8 points lower than Friday's close. The weakness in overseas markets ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares defy offshore markets, finishing slight

... losses to finish the day slightly higher, defying falls in other major Asian markets and in US and European markets Friday night. The All Ordinaries ended the day at 3056.3, up 2.9 points from Friday's close. Earlier in the day the index had slumped ...