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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... European stock markets fell on Wednesday as instability in the Middle East and North Africa hit sentiment despite a strong US jobs figure, with safe-haven gold hitting a new high as the dollar slid. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares closed off ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... was up 0.77 per cent and Swiss stocks gained 0.41 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets were mixed on Monday after a US jobs report gave a muddy picture of the state of the world's biggest economy, while concerns over Egypt pushed oil back above ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... tech heavy Nasdaq advanced 15.42 points to 2,769.30. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the US jobs data showed their economy was continuing to improve, boosting confidence on the local market. "With that lead, we wanted ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... mirrored a weak lead from Wall Street by closing marginally lower as investors took profits and squared positions ahead of US jobs numbers. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 10 points, or 0.21 per cent, at 4,681.3 points, while the broader All ...

Good for nothing war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... Last night, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Charles Evans, backed his Chairman saying that the slow improvement on the US jobs front requires "more accommodation". Beggar thy neighbour. While the US might not have any other choice given the moribund ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... investors and short-covering of futures by foreigners. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares rose on Monday after better-than-expected US jobs data out last week lifted confidence in the world's biggest economy. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed up 384.27 ...

Squared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
... news tell the story of selling on Wall Street because of -- according to The Age - " A surprisingly poor signal on the US jobs market" and US "monthly retail sales reports showed shoppers remain skittish about spending as hiring remains scarce". It referred ...

Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... Street. Reports out overnight were mostly positive but these did not stop profit-taking on The Street. Good news on the US jobs front... but not good enough. Initial claims for unemployment insurance dropped by 11,000 in the week ended July 24 to 457,000 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... 3,448.37. TOKYO - Japanese shares closed up a marginal 0.13 per cent on Friday on bargain hunting as investors awaited US jobs data. The headline Nikkei index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which hit a seven-month low on Thursday, gained 12.11 points to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... record low and promised short-term liquidity to the financial sector. An upbeat report from the Federal Reserve and lower US jobs claims also helped, while BP's stock came off 13-year lows. The FTSE 100 closed up 46.64 points, or 0.92 per cent, at 5,132.50 ...