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FUM, Super, platforms all end year on high note

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2013

Unwind for Xmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... not? If I also remember right, markets were under pressure early last week because of fear of taper if US employment rises above 200K. Well, the November jobs report showed not only employment growing by much more - 203K - over the month but that net ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
... and Australian economy as well." If US non-farm payroll figures released on Friday show an increase in jobs in November above 200,000 that is expected to increase the chance it will taper its asset buying stimulus program. On the ASX, the banks were ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... managers' index for China, released on Monday, slipped to 50.8 in November from 50.9 in October, on a 100-point scale. Numbers above 50 indicate expansion. The November reading indicated that China's massive manufacturing sector was improving, albeit ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... 16,072.80, a record high. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite outperformed, adding 23.18 (0.58 per cent) at 4,017.75, closing above 4,000 mark for the first time since the 2000 dot-com bust. The S&P 500, a broad measure of the markets, edged up 0.27 (0.01 ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... trading higher on the back of Wall Street pushing to more record levels. On the US market on Friday, the S&P 500 index closed above 1,800 points for the first time, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to another record of 16,064.77 points. "US ...

Down, down, A$ stay down (please?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street's S&P 500 closed above 1,800 for the first time and the Dow recorded a fresh record. At 0810 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 23 points at 5,372. ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... American jobless claims for November buoyed Wall Street, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its highest close ever, above 16,000 points. That had encouraged local investors, Options Xpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said. "We've been looking ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... pushed stocks higher on Wall Street, sending the market to its highest ever close. The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 16,000 points for the first time, adding 109.17 points, or 0.69 per cent, to 16,009.99 points. The S&P 500 index added 14.48 ...