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Miranda Kerr and the market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... worsening. Europe had its own bad day as renewed fears about the PIGS - Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Spain - sent the benchmark Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index down 2.7 per cent. A case of swine flu perhaps? Market sentiment started to sour after Greece's biggest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... benefits, had investors pulling money out of assets such as stocks and commodities that are looking increasingly risky. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 268.37 points, or 2.61 per cent, at 10,002.48. The Nasdaq composite was 65.48 points lower ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... Burrell Stockbroking associate Peter Wright said the local market was following Wall Street's lead fairly closely. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.26 per cent to 10,270.55 overnight on a stronger US dollar and as growth in the services sector ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... 51 that analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had been expecting. Any number above 50 signals growth. At settlement, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 26.30 points, or 0.26 per cent, at 10,270.55. The Nasdaq composite was 0.85 point higher, by 0.04 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... Wall Street on Tuesday, including an increase in the number of people with contracts to buy homes. At settlement, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had added 111.32 points, or 1.09 per cent, to 10,296.85. The Nasdaq composite was 18.86 points higher ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... erasing early gains following data showing a stronger-than-expected US growth in the final quarter of last year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 53.13 points, or 0.52 per cent, to 10,067.33, posting losses in five of the last seven sessions. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... YORK - Wall Street stocks fell sharply on Thursday as investors absorbed more evidence of a troubled US economy. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled following disappointing reports on employment and orders for big-ticket manufactured goods. A lower ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... Inc last year. Geithner oversaw the bailout as head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. At the closing bell the Dow Jones industrial average was up 41.72 points, or 0.41 per cent, to 10,236.01. The Standard & Poor's 500 index had gained 5.45 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... in January from 53.6 in December. It was the third straight increase and its highest level in more than a year. The Dow Jones index was also boosted by a rise in insurer Travelers Cos, after it said an absence of catastrophe costs and a recovery in its ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... cents, or 1.58 per cent, to $41.04, while rival Rio Tinto lost three cents to $72.91. On Wall Street on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 2.09 per cent to 10,172.98. In New York on Friday, the Nasdaq composite index dropped 2.67 per cent ...