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Morning market wrap: US shares surge higher

Shares in the US powered higher, finishing up 165.26 points at 8471.61 as better-than-expected corporate earnings figures assuaged investors' doubts about the underlying strength of the economy. The sentiment in London was also stronger, as the FTSE-100 ...

Morning market wrap: US shares edge lower

Shares in the US were marginally weaker overnight as investors again were again prepared to sit on the sidelines and await corporate earnings figures. The Dow Jones lost 8.75 points while the Nasdaq gave up 1.13 points. Domestically, the highlight of ...

Morning market wrap: US shares boosted by earnings

The Dow Jones index was given a much-needed jolt overnight as encouraging quarterly profits from Citigroup instilled some confidence in investors. The group's first quarter profits rose by US$4.1 billion (A$6.81 billion), helping shares overall to a ...

Morning market wrap: US retreats, investors await earnings

US shares edged lower on Friday as the market contemplated an uncertain economic outlook and the quarterly reporting season with a degree of anxiety. The Dow Jones fell by 17.92 points to 8203.41. It was a similar story domestically, as evidenced by ...

Morning market wrap: US shares fall as war nears conclusion

Shares in the US fell overnight as any boost from the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq was replaced by caution ahead of the start of the US quarterly reporting season. The index gave up 100.98 points, reflecting the negative sentiment in ...

Morning market wrap: Spectre of peace hangs over market

With the war in Iraq apparently moving rapidly to its conclusion US shares were running out of steam, as investors were no longer able to point to positive screen headlines as a reason for stronger sentiment. Instead, economic realities in a post-war ...

Morning market wrap: US shares run out of steam

Following two days of gains in the US shares lost their momentum on Thursday as the market expressed its caution at the underlying strength of the US economy in a post-war environment. The Dow Jones finished 44.68 points lower at 8240.38 points. All ...

Morning market wrap: US shares end losing streak

The four-day run of losses in the US came to an end as the Dow Jones rose by 77.73 points to finish at 8069.86 as the market continued to be driven by news headlines. "The market is discounting fundamentals," said Financial Standard chief economist ...

Morning market wrap: US shares slump, bomb hits Philippines

Paul Cully Market sentiment was dealt a double blow early on Tuesday with US shares dropping sharply on doubts about consumer confidence, while a terrorist bomb attack on a southern Philippines airport this morning reportedly causing 19 deaths. Both ...

Morning wrap market wrap: US shares fall back into the red

Paul Cully Shares on Wall Street finished lower overnight as the likelihood of avoiding war diminished, with Washington suggesting that the destruction of banned missiles was a case of 'too little too late' for Iraq. The Dow Jones index dropped 53.22 ...