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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... at 4,147.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 46.5 points, or 1.09 per cent, at 4,208.9. NEW YORK - Wall Street was closed for the Martin Luther King public holiday. LONDON - Europe's leading stock markets shrugged off a wave of ratings ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... 18.72 points (1.49 per cent) to 1,236.47, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite shed 34.59 (1.31 per cent) to 2,612.26. Wall Street stocks spent the session swimming in red. The slump came "amid growing pessimism that last week's fiscal pact agreement ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... investments. The rise followed news that a survey of US consumer sentiment hit a six-month high this month, better than Wall Street expected. Stocks barely reacted. LONDON - European stock markets and the euro have pushed higher while government financing ...

Plan 5 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... has rushed in where even some economists fear to thread -- a reversal could be on its way. There's an observation on Wall Street that when shoeshine boys and bellhops and taxi drivers start giving stock tips, the boom is over -- time to sell. This one's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... we're seeing some risk coming off the table," Ms Lee said. The big four banks were also lower, despite a jump by their Wall Street peers. ANZ posted the biggest drop, losing 13 cents, or 0.6 per cent, to $21.11. Its rivals were down by between 0.3 and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... 500 index added 2.54 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 1,261.01. The Nasdaq composite index lost 0.35 points to 2,649.21. Wall Street had been trading lower as differences emerged between European officials struggling to craft a debt-crisis deal ahead of this ...

Waiting to exhale 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... and down 1.2% intra-day but shed only 0.4% at the finish. The same goes for the S&P 500 Index - down 1.1% in early Wall Street activity closed in the green by an eye-popping 0.2%. Ho-hum. Yes folks, it's as if 'twas the night before Christmas, "when ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
Australian shares are set to rise as Wall Street bounces back from losses caused by Standard & Poor's threat to downgrade the credit ratings of most eurozone members. At 08010 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... treaty with tougher budgetary rules to deal with the eurozone debt crisis. Stocks markets rose on the proposal, but Wall Street pulled back on reports later in the day that ratings agency Standard & Poor's has warned Germany, France and four other eurozone ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
Australian shares are set to for a relatively flat start to the week after little movement on Wall Street on Friday and as the world waits for action from European leaders. At 0749 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was ...