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Morning Market Wrap: International markets gain; Dollar weaker

... dollar back under $US0.6900, to a low of 0.6861 in New York trade. In NEW YORK, stocks rose on Thursday as positive news on jobs and much higher earnings from Internet media company Yahoo Inc helped drive the tech-laden Nasdaq to its highest close in ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Stronger employment figures push ASX to highs

... June 2002, while the all ordinaries added 9.1 points to 3256.9. Market watchers said investors had taken heart from from new jobs data showing the unemployment rate steady at a 13-year low of 5.8 per cent in October. The good news more than offset the ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar up after employment announcements

... market. Employment data will be the focus of the Australian market today. Credit Suisse First Boston expect a rise of 25,000 jobs in September. "We think another positive employment data would likely put further pressure on the front end of the curve ...

Jobless rate down, could go lower: Costello

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... since early 1990. The ABS said tota employment rose by 14,700 in September, allowing for seasonal influences. But full-time jobs rose 43,300, the total dragged back by a 28,600 fall in part-time work. The participation rate, the proportion of working ...

Homeowners wait on Reserve Bank decision this morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2003
... further pressure on the dollar, with most banks and forecasters tipping the dollar to break the US70 cents mark by year's end. Jobs figures out later this week are expected to show the jobless rate rose to six per cent in September after hitting a 13-year ...

Nearly half of all Australian employees not happy with their jobs

... 2003 Seek Survey of Employee Satisfaction and Motivation in Australia almost half of employees were not happy with their jobs, with 49 per cent of employees responding that they were unhappy or very unhappy, compared with just 25% of employees who were ...

Midday Market Wrap: Bond market stronger after yesterday's sell off

... Australia yesterday as NSW, ACT and South Australia took a long-weekend holiday. National Australia Bank strategists said the US jobs data would impact Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deliberations when it meets today to ponder interest rates. "The central ...

Morning Market Wrap: Busy day expected; Dollar bounces overnight

... 30.85 points at 10,740.14. In HONG KONG, the Hain Seng index rose to a fresh 16-month closing high as surprisingly strong US jobs data fuelled optimism for a global economic recovery and pushed up export stocks such as Li & Fung Ltd. The index closed ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Flat trading for NSW, SA and ACT public holiday

... volume of 7,312 contracts. On Friday night, stock markets around the world rallied after a report showing an increase in jobs in the US for the first time in eight months. Wilson HTM investor Andrew Briscoe said trading on the ASX opened enthusiastically ...

Stronger job ads suggest growing momentum of the economy

... latest ANZ job advertisements suggest that the Australian economy is regaining momentum, with both newspaper and internet jobs on the rise. The 3 per cent rise in metropolitan newspaper job advertisements to 21,709 per week was the strongest increase ...