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Morning Market Wrap: $A opens weaker as new SARS fears emerge

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2003
... per cent at 1076.48. The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index ended down 3.26 points or 0.17 per cent at 1921.03. In Tokyo, Japanese stocks slid to a one-week low on Wednesday after Taiwan said a medical researcher had tested positive for SARS, prompting ...

Morning Market Wrap: Investors expecting confidence boost

... died. Analysts expected a bit of position squaring and profit taking this week amid quieter times with a public holiday in Tokyo today and further lethargy coming from US Thanksgiving events. The analysts expected the euro to be slightly softer, US dollar/yen ...

Morning Market Wrap: US markets weak

... rise for mortgage bank HBOS on the back of an upbeat analyst note. The FTSE 100 index finished up 15.8 points at 4354.7. In Tokyo, Tokyo stocks rebounded from a three-month low to close up as investors bought back bank shares like Mizuho on bargain-hunting ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: $A closes above 70 cents, Nikkei edges higher

... yesterday's close of 0.7013/23. Japanese share prices rose 1.02 percent today, led by gains in the banks, dealers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei-225 index gained 106.89 points to close at 10,561.01. The Australian bond market finished weaker ...

Nikkei rises in afternoon trade, while domestic bonds close weaker

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2003
Japanese share prices rose 1.15 percent today, led by domestic demand linked companies, dealers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei-225 index gained 118.42 points to close at 10,454.12. However, the Australian bond market closed weaker today after ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Market low on anticipated Wall Street losses

... index contract shed 12 points to 3296 - a 3.5 point discount to the underlying index - on a volume of 10,375 contracts. Tokyo stocks plunged today as investors took profits from recent gains in banks, domestic-demand stocks as well as technology blue ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar strong after volatile night

... technology and mining companies among the biggest decliners. The FTSE 100 closed at 4339.7 points, down 29.1 points. In TOKYO, Japan's TOPIX index ended at a fresh 16-month high as investors, convinced the rallying stock market had further room to rise ...

Morning Market Wrap: Market to ease on flat lead from US

... economy-sensitive stocks. The FTSE 100 benchmark index closed up 34.7 points at 4368.8, its highest close since August 2002. In TOKYO, Stocks ended down after a two-day rally to a 16-month high on the TOPIX index, as investors took profits on bank and ...

Morning Market Wrap: Gains expected on ASX

... supported. The FTSE 100 index finished up 51.3 points at 4362.3 points, scoring its highest close since August 2002. In TOKYO, The Japanese Stock Market's were closed for the Sports Day Holiday. On Friday the Nikkei average closed up 2.42 per cent or ...

Morning Market Wrap: Lacklustre lead from US; Dollar starts strong

... points lower at 4311.0, back from 4,327.0 but finishing above the key 4,300 support point for the second day in a row. In TOKYO, Japan's Nikkei average ended up over two per cent on Friday as investors, cheered by Wall Street's rally and a temporary ...