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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... remarkable turnaround the day before, as the market held on to gains triggered by a positive overnight session on Wall Street. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 106.5 points, or 2.64 per cent, at 4,141.3, while the broader All Ordinaries index had ...

Stocks rally hard as Australia deemed a bargain buy

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... population growth... of three to four million people in the next 10 years," he said. US equities rose overnight with Wall Street posting 4% gains after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed would keep US interest rates at "exceptionally ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... at noon as the market held onto gains which began on late on Tuesday and were boosted by a late surge overnight on Wall Street. At 1208 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 109.6 points, or 2.72 per cent, at 4,144.4 points, while the broader All ...

Fed move checks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... mood from one of desperation to 'there's still hope.' That feeling of hope was underlined by the sharp rebound on Wall Street overnight. The S&P 500 index jumped by 4.7%, the Dow ended 3.9% higher and the Nasdaq gained 5.3%. The Fed changed the almost ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
Australian stocks are looking at a brighter day today, after Wall Street staged a stunning turnaround in late trade overnight. Oil fell again, but metals generally were higher. At 0710 AEST on the ASX 24 on Monday, the September share price index futures ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... Australian market finished at fresh two-year lows on Monday and plumbed further depths on Tuesday morning, following Wall Street's first trading session after the downgrade of US sovereign debt last Friday. Energy stocks were hit particularly hard at ...

Stocks in freefall on recession fears, banks cut mortgage rates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... Investors panicked sending the Australian stock market into freefall and bond markets soaring, following large losses on Wall Street. In morning trade, the All Ordinaries index plummeted 211.2 points or 5.21% to 3845.5, while the S&P/ASX 200 lapsed 202.1 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
The Australian stock market is expected to follow Wall Street into another day of steep declines, after New York indices all plunged by around six per cent overnight. At 0721 AEST on the ASX 24, the September share price index futures contract was 153 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... watched more than a billion dollars of value wiped from New Zealand sharemarket on Friday, on fears of further losses on Wall Street after its worst selloff in two years on Thursday. The benchmark NZX-50 index slumped 3.00 per cent, or 101.27 points ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... Outlook Negative Publication date: 05-Aug-2011 20:13:14 EST" S&P made good its threat. Never mind that, according to the Wall Street Journal, "...Treasury officials discovered that S&P officials had miscalculated future deficit projections by close to ...