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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... metals futures contract prices firmer. But the benchmark crude oil futures contract price dipped below $US85 a barrel on Friday. At 0722 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 19 points higher at 4,989. In economics ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
Wall Street securities have provided a positive lead to the Australian stock market on Friday, although key commodities all were lower in overnight trade. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0740 AEST, the June share price index contract was 27 points ...

Easter egg hunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... the US non-farm payrolls report coming in well... short of expectations. Had the Street been opened for business on Good Friday, I'm pretty sure that the knee-jerk reaction would be to sell share holdings. But the long weekend break gave investors, speculators ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... with local investors expected to be buoyed by positive US economic data published over the Easter break. Figures out on Friday night (Australian time) showed the US economy gained 162,000 jobs in March, which was the largest monthly increase in three ...

Bad news on Good Friday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... verdict of course is that one single number contained in the US Non-farm Payrolls report that will be revealed on Good Friday. The majority expects the stats to show that some 200K jobs were created in March. This is well and good but... not when you ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... seen as an early indicator of the Labor Department's closely watched monthly non-farm payrolls report, which is due on Friday. There can be wide variations because ADP only accounts for private-sector jobs, however. When markets settled, the Dow Jones ...

Iffy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... This has been the Street's monthly routine. The US Labor Department will release the US employment stats for March on Good Friday (their time) - and let's all hope it's good. US payrolls dropped by 36,000 jobs and the unemployment rate remained at 9.7 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... up nine cents at $27.68, and Westpac 10 cents higher at $28.08. Macquarie Group fell 41 cents to $49.49. In New York on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 0.08 per cent and the S&P500 gained 0.07 per cent, but the Nasdaq finished 0.10 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... to rule on bribery and commercial secrets charges against the Australian. The Australian share market closed higher on Friday, with caution over recovery in the US and debt problems in Europe remaining dominant themes. Investors turned to defensive stocks ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... share price index contract was 28 points lower at 4,864, on volume of 11,719 contracts. A weak lead from Wall Street's Friday session had set the tone for the local market, Austock Securities senior client adviser and strategist Michael Heffernan said. ...