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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... past couple of weeks had featured a numerous companies going ex-dividend, which had acted as a drag on the market. Wall Street closed lower on Friday night (AEDT) - the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.02 per cent, the S&P500 eased 0.32 per cent and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following the downward trend of Wall Street and the European markets. At 0800 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down 16 points at 4,262. In economic news on Monday, the Australian ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
Australian stocks market opened nearly one per cent lower on Thursday following Wall Street's lead where US markets tumbled following the Federal Reserve chairman's address to Congress. Austock securities client adviser Michael Heffernan attributed ...

No please explain needed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... are correct -- there wasn't any mention of QE3 or any other stimulus of any form. But to use this as rationale for Wall Street's one-day dip is absurd. There might still be one sometime down the track - if things turn for the worse. But at this moment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... YORK - The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average has closed above 13,000 for the first time in nearly five years, as Wall Street stocks rallied on a mixed bag of economic news. The Dow on Tuesday finished up 25.05 points (0.19 per cent) at 13,006.56 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... from offshore equity and commodities markets. "There's no real direction one way or the other," Mr Chatterton said. Wall Street ended mixed - while the S&P500 advanced 0.14 per cent and the NASDAQ climbed 0.08 per cent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Good not great

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... summer, these days of soda, and pretzels and beer". Don't know about you Virginia, but have you noticed that while Wall Street's going up, up, up and away - you read my report yesterday, didn't you? - our own stock market is not doing nearly as well. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street closed mixed and the German parliament approved a second, 130-billion-euro ($A164 billion) loan package for Greece. At 0830 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract ...

No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... speculations begin! While we're distracted by events at home, something of greater import has also been happening on Wall Street. You don't have to read the entire spiel to surmise what it's all about, the headlines will do. "S&P 500 Rises to Highest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... scheduled to post full year results. In Australia, the market ended last week on a high note after a positive lead from Wall Street, with financial and mining stocks driving gains. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index broke through the 4,300 point resistance ...