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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... and Super System Review chairman Jeremy Cooper. On Monday, the Australian share market closed lower after disappointing US jobs data cast a shadow over the US growth recovery story. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended down 123.5 points, or 2.78 per ...

Great disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... know what happens when hype meets reality. The S&P 500 index plummeted by 3.44 per cent when "great expectations" on the US jobs front turned out to be a "great disappointment". In a way, the financial markets brought this onto themselves. How would ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... finished down 33.8 points, or 0.75 per cent, at 4,472.4 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower on Friday after the latest US jobs data said hiring remained weak and as Hungary became the latest European country to report its economy was in crisis. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... Friday after Wall Street and European markets lost up to 3.6 per cent in value due to continuing debt concerns and weak US jobs data. At 0732 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 106 points lower at 4,211 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... country a step closer to becoming the first eurozone nation to get an IMF bailout. There was also bad news from the latest US jobs data, which saw new claims for unemployment insurance benefits unexpectedly rise last week. Initial jobless claims totalled ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... 2,397.96 points. LONDON - European stock markets closed mixed on Wednesday, giving up early gains after disappointing US jobs data hurt investor confidence and offset other more positive figures. Continuing concerns over Greece as it sought to raise ...

Don't know where to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... half of the 2 per cent increase it achieved the week before. But last week was punctuated by the better than expected US jobs report which pushed the S&P 500 index to close 1.4 per cent higher on the day. But it's the same jobs report that perhaps created ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... 2,332.21 points. LONDON - European stocks put in a poor performance on Monday as a rally brought on by better-than-expected US jobs data petered out due to uncertainty about Europe's economic outlook. The FTSE 100 index rose 6.96 points, or 0.12 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... markets closed sharply higher on Friday, with London boasting its best finish in 18 months as much better-than-expected US jobs data helped allay concerns about the economic outlook. Easing concerns over Greece's massive deficit and debt problems, after ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... per cent, weighed by deepening concerns over Toyota's mass safety recall while investors remained cautious ahead of a US jobs report. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index fell 48.35 points to 10,355.98. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares fell ...