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Morning market wrap: US stocks extend gains

US equity markets continued to push higher overnight, as consumer price data helped ease concerns over deflation. All major US indexes ended higher, following on from the strong gains Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average closed 4.1 points stronger ...

Morning market wrap: Data spurs strong gains in US stocks

... Japanese yen, the euro and the Swiss franc, and bounced off multi-year lows against sterling and the Canadian dollar. Treasury bond yields also backed higher after the data, although markets continue to anticipate at least a 25 basis point cut at the ...

Morning Market Wrap: US Shares Finish Modestly Higher

US equities ended Thursday trade a touch higher, as new economic data continued to paint a picture of sluggish economic recovery. Also, after market reports from Oracle Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. provided a mixed outlook for earnings growth. The Dow ...

Morning Market Wrap: US Stocks End Up On Signs of Improving Sentiment

... the economic front, the Fed's survey was an excuse also for bond investors to take profits. Yields on the 30-year Treasury bond edged a point higher to 4.27%, while yields on the 10-year bond rose two points to 3.21%. Bond markets continue to anticipate ...

Economists welcome Government "backflip" on CGS

The Government's decision to end the uncertainty surrounding the future of the Commonwealth Government bond market has received a guarded welcome from economists. "The Government has done a complete back flip on this one," said Financial Standard chief ...