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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... ended up on Wednesday after evidence that the services sector may not be as weak as feared allayed concerns about a US recession. The Dow Jones industrial average ended up 41.19 points at 12,254.99, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 6.95 points to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... Australian share market as worries continued over concerns about rising borrowing costs and growing evidence of a looming US recession. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 166.3 points or 2.98 per cent lower at 5,405.8 points, while the All Ordinaries ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... had lost $1.47 or five per cent to $27.38. Wall Street finished lower on Friday after weak economic data added to US recession woes and insurer AIG delivered a record loss, sparking fears of further write-downs in the financial sector. The Dow Jones ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... 1.24 per cent, to 5,674.7. NEW YORK - US stocks tumbled on Friday as another round of weak economic data added to US recession fears and a record loss at insurer AIG underscored worries about more write-downs in the financial sector. The major indices ...

US dominoes keep falling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
Even though the bad news keeps coming for the US economy, the real economy is holding up remarkably well, perhaps too well. Ben Bernanke yesterday told US Congress that economic conditions are getting worse as the sub-prime contagion spreads from the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... 4824.55 points, down 34.3 or 0.71 per cent. TOKYO - Japanese stocks slipped as weak economic data fed worries about a US recession and spooked investors, with Canon and other exporters down as the yen gained ground. The Nikkei dropped 1.4 per cent, or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
... trading on Thursday, pushing the Nasdaq down slightly more than one per cent, as economic data added to worries about a US recession. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank said a manufacturing slowdown in the US mid-Atlantic region this month reached ...

Asia Pac equities in the red

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... global 2008 market however, will prompt investors in Asian equities to rethink their strategies. The possibility of a US recession coupled with unsustainable disparities in valuations between and within markets can significantly downplay investment returns ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... Deutsche Securities initiated coverage of the stock with a "buy" rating, but some exporters were hurt by growing US recession fears. The Nikkei average ended up 0.82 per cent or 107.91 points at 13,207.15. HONG KONG - Hong Kong was one of many Asian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... down 9.62 points, or 0.42 per cent, at 2,299.95. LONDON - UK stocks climbed, tracking a rise on Wall Street and as US recession fears prompted investors to scurry into defensive stocks as bank shares took yet another whipping. The FTSE 100 closed up ...