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Earnings surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
It's earnings season on Wall Street once more. But it might be different this time. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq narrowly escaped a broadly down day during last night's trading - both ending 0.3 per cent higher - while the Dow slipped by 0.1 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... the Australian Office of Financial Management conducts a tender for $500 million of April 2015 govenment bonds. Earnings season continues, with annual results due from Insurance Australia Group Ltd, Mortgage Choice Ltd, Billabong International Ltd, Duet ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... merchandise imports data for July, and the Reserve Bank of Australia issues its monthly bulletin. In equities, earnings season continues apace. Annual results are due from AMP Ltd, QBE Insurance Ltd, ASX Ltd, Macquarie Media Group Ltd, Amalgamated Holdings ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... and the Housing Industry Association releases its state and national outlooks for the June quarter. In equities, earnings season continues with annual results due from Qantas Airways Ltd, Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd, CSL Ltd, Biota Holdings Ltd, Iluka ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
... its largest monthly gain in almost 16 years on the back of a resurgent financial sector. At the outset of the earnings season, Argo Investments is to report annual results. The S&P/ASX200 index rose by 7.3 per cent over July, the largest monthly gain ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... international backdrop is helping sentiment but the market continues to be in wait-and-see mode for the local corporate earnings season. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed up 12.693 points, or 0.452 per cent, at 2820.9.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... Alcoa reported a smaller-than-expected loss after trading closed on Wednesday, kicking off the second-quarter earnings season. Investors were encouraged also by a report from the Labor Department showing that the number of initial jobless benefits claims ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... little changed on Wednesday with investors cautious about the economic outlook at the kickoff of the corporate earnings season. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 14.81 points, or 0.18 per cent, to settle at 8,178.41, after wobbling in and out of ...

Of bulls, bears and flatliners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... favourite pastime - shopping. Not good. Also not good. Last quarter's rally on Wall Street was helped by the positive earnings season that showed company earnings were less bad than expected. 'Not as bad' as expected earnings would not suffice this quarter. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... about the health of financial institutions reeling from turmoil and nervousness at the start of the first-quarter earnings season. Traders said that the market was nervous ahead of the January-March earnings reporting season, which kicked off after the ...