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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2004
... 0.7450. The local sharemarket is likely to head higher to finish a lacklustre week for equities on a stronger note. US stocks were much stronger overnight as investors rushed to get back into shares at lower prices after five straight days of losses ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2004
... $US0.7365-70 compared with Friday's close of 0.7281/86. The Australian share market is likely to move higher at the open after US stocks made healthy gains on Friday. On Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index fell 11.3 points to 3402.3 while the all ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2004
... Australian share market is likely to come under pressure as investors digest the latest economic data from the United States. US stocks fell late Friday after a report showed US economic growth slowed to a 4% annual rate in the closing three months of ...

Morning Market Wrap: $A opens weaker after US dollar strengthens

... $US0.7398/03 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7417/22. The Australian dollar posted a high of $US0.7425 overnight. US stocks ended higher today, gaining upside on the back of positive economic news and better-than-expected earnings reports from the ...

Afternoon market wrap: shares close firmer

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2003
... higher at 3199.0 - a 7.0 point premium to the underlying index - on a volume of 13,560 contracts. The gains came after US stocks rallied overnight amid expectations that economic data out this week would be positive and the US dollar climbed in value ...

Midday Market Wrap: Market buoyant following US rally

... higher at 3207.0 - a 9.6 point premium to the underlying index - on a volume of 7,374 contracts. The gains came after US stocks rallied overnight amid expectations that economic data out this week will be positive and the US dollar climbed in value against ...

Midday market wrap: Local shares climb after gains overnight in US

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2003
... points to 3197.0. In the United States overnight, stocks rose for the first time in after four straight losing sessions. US stocks have surged in recent months, but some investors pulled back this week and booked gains. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar weaker after US jobless claims plunge

... influences for direction, with little major financial or economic news expected. In Britain shares rose overnight, but US stocks were mixed, as investors waited for a crucial jobs report due out today. Yesterday, the Australian share market swung into ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks head lower on disappointing jobs data

U.S. stocks slipped on Tuesday as investors caught their breath after pushing major market gauges to fresh 2003 highs in the previous session and awaited more earnings and economic data later this week. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 19.63 ...

Afternoon market report: Trade thins as Melbourne Cup takes precedence

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2003
... the yield on the November 2006 bond was at 5.610 per cent from 5.605. A combination of strong economic data, higher US stocks and expectations of new Treasury supply later in the week weakened the US Treasuries market, taking local bond prices lower ...