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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,833 per ounce, up $36.85 from Tuesday's local close of $US1,796.15 per ounce. Wall Street closed higher as market players greeted positively the minutes of the US Federal Reserve, which raised hopes the central bank ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... sharply as investors played catch-up after a three-day weekend. Paris and Frankfurt retreated early but came back after Wall Street reversed early losses in choppy trade there. In London, the FTSE 100 of leading companies jumped 2.70 per cent to 5,268.66 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... risen 34 cents to $39.49 and Rio Tinto was $1.33 higher at $71.94. The local market received a positive lead from Wall Street, where the Dow gained 2.26 per cent and the S&P500 climbed 2.83 per cent as the threat from Hurricane Irene eased and in response ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... making him set to become the nation's new premier. Stocks saw choppy trade and closed below intraday highs, following Wall Street's solidly higher close last week with sentiment lifted by central bank chief Ben Bernanke's speech on Friday. The benchmark ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... commencement to the week by risk assets," Mr Waterer said. The local currency received a strong positive lead from Wall Street and other European equity markets, which finished higher on Friday night after a speech by the head of the US central bank ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... 25.42 points, to 8,797.78 and Seoul added 0.81 per cent, or 14.37 points, to 1,778.95. Markets got a poor lead from Wall Street, which saw big falls after a three-day rally. The greenback fetched 77.00 yen, against 77.45 yen in New York late Thursday ...

Moody's does an S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
Ho-hum! It would have been another boring day in the markets last night were it not for the strong finish on Wall Street - and Europe. Another day, another up day as investors continue to chase the QE3 carrot that's being dangled in front of their noses. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... senior adviser Marcus Padley said the market's smaller gains at noon were a lacklustre response to the strong lead from Wall Street on Tuesday. US stocks surged strongly on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average packing on 322.11 points (2.97 ...

Good news from bad stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... the right path for the Fed to take or whether or not the previous ones helped but at this point, my sense is that Wall Street has pushed Big Benny's back into a wall. All and sundry have locked that call in by the looks of it. He wouldn't want to frustrate ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... the back of positive earning reports and takeover announcements, despite opening lower following a weak lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 56.2 points, or 1.4 per cent, at 4,158.1, while the broader All ...