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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... three-day losing streak Monday, boosted by gains on Wall Street where investors welcomed news that the US economy lost fewer jobs than expected last month. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index climbed 133.83 points, or 1.31 per cent, to 10,320.94. HONG KONG ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... 3598.76. TOKYO - Japanese share prices ended slightly lower on Friday as investors refrained from buying ahead of key US jobs data and a weekend meeting of world finance chiefs. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index dropped 27.53 points,or 0.27 per cent, to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... range in light trading volume as some investors squeezed in late-summer vacations. Those remaining braced for the August jobs report, which is due before the opening bell on Friday (0000 AEST). The biggest gains came in the final half-hour as some traders ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... The Australian share market is expected to fall after US equities declined on a report that showed more people lost their jobs than expected. At 0743 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 17 points lower at ...

Almost Per-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... Lehman, which led to the financial market rout, which led to the recession, which led to them losing their homes and their jobs...and then giving their money to the banks and other financial institutions. Wall Street's tepid response overnight shows ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US stocks gained, despite disappointing news on retail sales and jobs. Higher precious metals and oil prices are expected to lift the local bourse, too. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

ADB pours $240m to worst hit nations

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... are expected to help the countries' governments to push through with public investments designed to preserve and create new jobs for economic recovery. Armenia and Tajikistan have seen a huge influx of returning workers who have lost their jobs in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
... per cent, to 3504.54. TOKYO - The Nikkei average hit its highest close in 10 months, buoyed by stronger-than-expected US jobs data and a report that Mitsubishi Chemical was in talks to acquire resin maker Mitsubishi Rayon. The benchmark Nikkei rose 1.1 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... price index futures contract was 36 points higher at 4298 on a volume of 13,490 contracts. "We had the better than expected jobs numbers in the US on Friday and, if nothing else, it shows that things have stabilised," Macquarie Private Wealth associate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... per cent, at 4303.1. NEW YORK - US stocks surged on Friday to their highest levels of the year after a much-awaited July jobs report was better than expected, signaling a likely turnaround in the recession. The Dow Jones Industrial Average vaulted 113.81 ...