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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... traded between 103.15 US cents and 104.81 cents. The US dollar hit a new post World War II low against the yen after a Wall Street Journal report cited Japan's top currency official saying Japanese authorities do not plan to intervene often to prevent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... dollar was more than one US cent lower on Friday, as risk sentiment deteriorated and Asian equity markets tracked Wall Street firmly into the red. Risk sentiment unravelled overnight as fears about global growth, European sovereign debt and bank liquidity ...

Nothing happened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... overnight. There was no news convincing enough to direct investor traffic one way or another. But the blogomentaries on Wall Street this morning has got my goose. You don't have to go pass Bloomberg's headline, "Most U.S. Stocks Retreat Amid Dell's Decline ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... all tracked higher. "There is a little bit of stability coming into the market to a certain degree," Mr Ive said. Wall Street got off to a strong start on a series of major takeover deals, boosting European markets, after Asian markets moved ahead sharply ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
Ahhh, finally some peace. Given Wall Street's straight gains over these past three trading days, many could be forgiven for wondering what just happened last week. Fear now, search for explanations later - that's what happened last week. For despite ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... said. The US market ended higher on Friday as trade calmed at the end of one of the most turbulent weeks on record. Wall Street stayed in positive territory all day after a week characterised by sudden 400-point swings and daily losses and gains of about ...

Digit says recession averted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
Crash on rumours one day, rally on flimsy excuse the next. That's Wall Street for you these days - or more accurately, the past two days. After rallying on the Fed's announcement that it will keep the fed funds rate at between 0-0.25% till the middle ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
The Australian market looks ready to open strongly today, following rebounds in Europe and on Wall Street on more positive data overnight, but against a background of extreme volatility. At 0656 AEST on the ASX 24, the September share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
Australian shares opened lower after a negative lead from Wall Street, and on renewed concerns about eurozone debt. At 1015 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 66.8 points, or 1.61 per cent, at 4074.5 points, while the broader ...

Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... "greedy when others were fearful". Gordon Gekko's proclamation that "greed is good" could be proven right once more on Wall Street.