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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... index of consumer sentiment fell to a 16-year low and retailer Best Buy warned that shopper traffic dropped off after the holidays. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 28.77 points, or 0.23 per cent, at 12,348.21, while the Standard & Poor's 500 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... index of consumer sentiment fell to a 16-year low and retailer Best Buy warned that shopper traffic dropped off after the holidays. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 28.77 points, or 0.23 per cent, at 12,348.21, while the Standard & Poor's 500 ...

'Tis the season to invest

... per cent of respondents rated gift buying as their financial priority while slightly more than 20 per cent nominated holidays or travel. Meanwhile, food and alcohol ranked third at 18 per cent. The holiday will also give some time-poor, asset-rich or ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
... rate rises. The Hang Seng Index lost 60.17 points to 20,469.59. WELLINGTON - Stocks remained little changed, as offshore holidays flattened interest. The NZSX-50 index rose 4.58 points to 4308.99.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
... bag of stocks, pushing shares higher overall. With the most of the world's major markets closed overnight for public holidays, the market overall was quiet while waiting for overseas direction tonight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
... Australian market is expected to open lower this morning with most of the world's major markets closed on Monday due to public holidays. At 0818 AEST, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was down seven points at 6265. In local ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2007
... extended its gains against the yen. Trade was relatively thin with many participants away for Japan's Golden Week spring holidays. The Nikkei rose 119.94 points to 17,394.92. HONG KONG - Blue chips gained 0.34 per cent, as HSBC rose after a Dubai-based ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... 100 index of Britain's leading shares closed down 0.46 per cent or 29.6 points on Tuesday, a thin trading day due to holidays in Asia and most major European stock markets, as banks weighed but media stocks surged late in the day. The FTSE 100 finished ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... The markets will reopen on Tuesday, May 1, but will be closed again on Thursday and Friday, May 3-4, for Golden Week holidays. On Friday the Nikkei average lost 0.17 per cent or 28.76 points at 17,400.41. HONG KONG - Blue chips struck four-week lows ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
... Nikkei average lost 0.17 per cent as investors booked profits on tech shares such as Fanuc Ltd and other gainers ahead of holidays, offsetting gains in carmakers that benefited from a weaker yen. The Nikkei closed down 28.76 points at 17,400.41. The ...