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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... Apple's shares despite the strong iPhone 5 launch helped pull US markets lower. But Google's push higher to a new record just above $US750 a share limited the damage. The Nasdaq Composite closed down 19.18 points (0.60 per cent) for the day to 3,160.78. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... at the last such auction on August 2. A rate below 6.0 per cent is considered important for Spain, since borrowing costs above this level are seen as unsustainably expensive. TOKYO - Asian equities plunged on news that Chinese manufacturing activity ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... at the last such auction on August 2. A rate below 6.0 per cent is considered important for Spain, since borrowing costs above this level are seen as unsustainably expensive. TOKYO - Asian equities plunged on news that Chinese manufacturing activity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... showing housing starts rose 2.3 per cent from July, including a 5.5 per cent jump in starts on single-family homes. Apple held above the $700 line, adding 0.03 per cent at $702.10. LONDON - European stocks have closed higher, lifted by US housing data ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... favour of slower and cheaper ground service. FedEx's stock fell $US2.73, or 3.1 per cent, to close at $US86.55. Apple climbed above $US700 for the first time, rising $US2.13 to close at $US701.91. Apple shares have risen more than 19 per cent in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... points. The Madrid market gave up 0.08 per cent and Milan dropped 0.93 per cent. Spain's long-term borrowing costs rose above the six per cent level for the first time since the European Central Bank announced a new bond-buying program to help eurozone ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... cent. The euro edged up to $US1.2909 from $US1.2899 late in New York on Wednesday, when the European single currency went above $US1.29 for the first time for four months. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed while the euro edged higher, ahead of the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... Spanish 10-year benchmark government bonds yields dipped slightly to 5.60 per cent, compared with record unsustainable highs above 7.60 per cent in July. The return on benchmark 10-year Italian government bonds slid to nearly 5.0 per cent. Germany's ...

They will or they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... hikes until the unemployment rate has fallen to a specific level (in Evans' version 7%) unless underlying inflation rises above a specific threshold (in Evans' version 3%)". See what I mean? All bases covered, well... nearly all. The Fed could also do ...

Ben's turn to be super

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... in July, led by falls in the production (minus 4.1) and new orders (-0.9) indexes. Although the employment index remained above 50 at 51.6 in August, it's trended lower since peaking at 57.3 last April. This brings us to the disappointing August non-farm ...