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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... higher overnight as the prospect of massive reconstruction efforts in Japan pushed some sectors higher, despite some poor US data on sales of new homes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index rose 0.56 per cent, the broad-based S&P 500 index advanced ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... massive reconstruction efforts in Japan pushed some sectors higher, while the general market was firm despite some poor US data. "A late-day rally pushed the three major equity indices into positive territory," said Sara Kline of Moody's Analytics. The ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... and the euro dropped lower against the dollar on Thursday as the ECB kept interest rates on hold, better-than-expected US data and ongoing unrest in Egypt. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares dipped 0.28 per cent to 5,983.34 points, and in Paris ...

Value a plus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... member countries and the harsh cutbacks in government spending particularly among European countries. Just last night, US data showed that its housing market remains in a stupor. Housing starts declined by 4.3 per cent to an annualised 529,000 units ...

Market Wrap - Mid Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... was four cents lower at $6.74. US stocks closed lower overnight as Europe's debt concerns took centre stage after mixed US data showed a weak rise in inflation but stronger industrial output. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.17 ...

Better than a Thanksgiving turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... QE2. There may not be much in the one-week jobless claims stat. But it gains positive meaning when combined with other US data out overnight. The University of Michigan/Reuters consumer sentiment index rose to a better-than-forecast 71.6 in November ...

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... cluster. OMG! Yes, it's not over yet... the fat lady still hasn't sang... Elvis is still in the building. Just look at the US data releases last night. US second quarter real GDP growth was upwardly revised to an annualised rate of 1.7 per cent (from ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
The Australian share market was flat at noon, with investors cautious ahead of an interest rate announcement and an indication on which political party will rule. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.6 points, or 0.14 per cent, at 4,582.1 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... shares also lost ground as the price of oil fell while metal prices dipped as investors worried about demand after the weak US data. On the New York Stock Exchange, decliners beat advancers by about 5 to 1. On Nasdaq, about 9 stocks fell for every 2 ...

Same song

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... deflation is good. We like no deflation. No deflation equals no double-dip. Duh!!! Wasn't this the conclusion derived from US data released less than a week ago before they were tortured to confess that a double-dip is coming? Consumer confidence, retail ...