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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... fell one per cent, as Wall Street got its first chance to react to the government's labour data, released when the US markets were closed for Good Friday. The government reported the economy created a meagre 120,000 jobs in March, well below analyst ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... fell one per cent, as Wall Street got its first chance to react to the government's labour data, released when the US markets were closed for Good Friday. The government reported the economy created a meagre 120,000 jobs in March, well below analyst ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... FTSE 100 index of top companies fell 2.30 per cent to 5,703.77 points. IG Markets analyst Cameron Peacock said the US markets had weakened over the last two days as commodity prices fell and fears heightened over European debt. "Given we're so tied to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... Thursday, depending on the performance of Asian stock markets. NEW YORK - Falling energy and commodity shares pulled US markets lower amid more growth concerns and more talk of strategic oil stocks releases by Western powers. At the market close, the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
The Australian share market has opened lower, following a weak lead from US markets overnight. At 1010 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.7 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,298.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
The Australian share market has opened sharply lower, after US markets suffered their biggest losses since November, on more worries over Europe. At 1017 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 43.2 points, or 1.03 per cent, at 4,161.5 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
Australian stocks market opened nearly one per cent lower on Thursday following Wall Street's lead where US markets tumbled following the Federal Reserve chairman's address to Congress. Austock securities client adviser Michael Heffernan attributed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... US market reopening tonight were helping the local market along. "I think too there's a strong indication from the US markets opening tonight that that should be in positive territory," he said. Shares in the major four banks were up slightly, with National ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
The Australian stockmarket opened one per cent lower in line with weakness on US markets amid continued uncertainty in Greece. US stocks ended in the red on Wednesday as concerns resurfaced that Greece was veering towards default after a debt bailout ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... the markets had been expecting a bigger decline to 8.7 per cent. Following Asia's strong performance, European and US markets have traded strongly. Germany's DAX closed 1.8 per cent higher at 6,332.93 while the CAC-40 in France rose 1.4 per cent to 3,269.99. ...