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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... The Australian share market is more than two per cent lower at noon amid global uncertainty following big falls on Wall Street after the US central bank downgraded its economic outlook. The big miners led the falls, with Rio Tinto shares shedding more ...

Twisting the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
Twisted! This was Wall Street's reaction to the US Federal Reserve's remake of the 1961 version of US President John F. Kennedy and the then Fed's attempt to salvage America. The major US equity indices fell big time - the Dow closed 2.5% off, the S&P ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell almost 2.5 per cent overnight. At 0654 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 95 points at 3,990. In economics news, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... three stocks falling. Austock Securities senior client adviser and strategist Michael Heffernan said a late fall on Wall Street overnight, leaving the Dow Jones index just 7.65 points higher for the session, probably led the way for slight losses on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... points (0.98 per cent) to 1,204.09, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 9.48 points (0.36 per cent) to 2,612.83. Wall Street was firmly in sell mode after European Union finance ministers over the weekend failed to find a convincing way to tackle ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... points, or by 1.5 per cent, to 4,167.8. The market on Monday opened 1.1 per cent lower, bucking a positive lead from Wall Street on the back of concerns about a European leaders' decision at the weekend to delay a vote on an eight billion euro ($A10.8 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... ended 0.26 per cent, or 8.39 points, higher at 3,272.50. SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street closed up more than one-and-a-half per cent. At 0655 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher on Thursday following gains on Wall Street overnight and halting Wednesday's losses. At 0710 AEST on Thrusday, the September share price index futures contract was up 72 points at 4,088. In economics news ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... the leaders of Germany, France and Greece would help rein in the financial turmoil emanating from the eurozone. On Wall Street, industrials and tech companies were the strongest performers on the Dow's 30 list of blue-chip stocks, with General Electric ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
The Australian share market rallied in opening trade on a solid Wall Street lead, with energy and large cap stocks leading the market higher. At 1010 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 43.4 points, or 1.075 per cent, at 4,081.9 ...