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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... August 2000, after economists forecast spending would be flat. And the Institute for Supply Management said its manufacturing index fell to 59.7 in May from 60.4 in April. The figure was better than economists' forecast of 59. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... Tuesday morning, with retail sales stronger than expected, but building activity fell short of forecasts. A key manufacturing index was also released on Tuesday morning, showing a 3.5 point fall to 56.3 points in May, while the first of two installments ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... April. The Australian Industry Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers release their joint Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index for May. In equities news, distribution company Metcash Ltd releases full year results. Sensis chief executive Bruce Akhurst ...

Sell in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... estimates. Recent economic data out of America shows that the economic recovery there is progressing. The ISM manufacturing index rose to 60.4 in April -- higher than expected, the ninth consecutive month it has been in growth territory and the biggest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... house price index for the March quarter. The Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers performance of manufacturing index for April is also due for out, as is the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge for April. In equities news, BT ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... inflation gauge for March is due, as is the Australian Industry Group-PricewaterhouseCoopers performance of manufacturing index (PMI) for March. There are no company items scheduled on Thursday. The Australian share market finished lower on Wednesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... contracts. In economics news on Wednesday, the Australian Industry Group-PricewaterhouseCoopers performance of manufacturing index (PMI) is due. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases its financial aggregates data for February. The Australian Bureau ...

Up, down, flat trading day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... the major indices climb. Okay that's good enough. There's an explanation for that. It's because the ISM non-manufacturing index rose to 53.0 in February from 50.5 in the previous month. I could stress the fact that it was higher than expectations for ...

La de da de da

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... factored in into market pricing. Last is one of my favourite leading indicators for the US economy - the ISM manufacturing index. Uh...oh, it's weaker than expected. The index printed 56.2 in February, down from 58.4 in the previous month and expectations ...

Data data everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... levels of the federal funds rate for an extended period." The Chicago PMI - a leading indicator of the ISM manufacturing index - printed strong February, much more than markets were expecting. The bad in the good data. US fourth quarter real GDP was ...