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Not in the mood for bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
What the...? I don't think Wall Street was in the mood for any bad news last night. There were plenty - but they were ignored. There were much more negative reports overnight than the scares we already know dished out by the credit-raters the day before. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... players were looking to the release of US non-farm payrolls data, a key employment indicator, due later in the week. Wall Street finished mixed overnight: the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P500 closed lower, but the NASDAQ managed a small gain. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... cent, at 4,610.8, while the broader All Ordinaries index rose 22.5 points, or 0.48 per cent, to 4,670.4. NEW YORK - Wall Street was closed overnight for the Independence Day public holiday. On Friday, US stocks jumped sharply higher, closing out the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... 16,959 contracts traded. The local market rose about one per cent just after the open, following a positive finish on Wall Street on Friday night and firmer copper prices. Local shares dropped back a little from the morning high after the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
Australian shares are set for a strong start to a week full of economic news after Wall Street rose on promising signs from the US manufacturing industry. At 0627 AEST, the local September share price index futures contract is up 48 points at 4,634 ...

Sunny side up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... 'shoulda', 'coulda' 'woulda' -- "should have" bought, "could have" bought, "would have" bought. The five-day rally on Wall Street sent the S&P 500 up by 5.6 per cent for the week -- the biggest weekly jump since July 2009. Similarly, most other equity ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... Industrials (up 1.59 per cent) and utility stocks (up 1.33 per cent), also were strong during the morning. Overnight, Wall Street extended gains to a third straight day, while futures contract prices for gold, oil and copper also settled firmer. Meanwhile ...

Pigs may fly but they won't default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
Rejoice! For the Greek Parliament has passed the government's fiscal austerity measures! Wall Street was happy - the S&P 500 index gained 0.8 per cent on the news - but Europe was euphoric - the Euro Stoxx 50 index jumped 1.9 per cent and the FTSE-100 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... Valley. Coal & Allied was 92 cents higher at $105.22, while its majority owner Rio Tinto had advanced $1.25 to $81.60. Wall Street traded higher during the overnight session, rallying more than one per cent to close up for a second straight day. National ...

Just do it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
Just do it! For all the positive spins given to explain the big gains on Wall Street overnight, it's probably Nike that did it. Cyber reports speak of the Germans now being in tight with the French and agreeing to swap a big portion of their banks' ...