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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... or 3.7 per cent, at 4,335.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index gained 169.6 points, or 4.09 per cent, to 4,311.5. NEW YORK - Wall Street ended a relatively calm session with a moderate loss Tuesday as investors, while pleased with the government's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... 351.9 points, or 8.2 per cent, to 3,939.5 - its biggest fall since 20 October 1987 when it plummeted almost 25 per cent. NEW YORK - Wall Street capped one of its worst weeks ever with a wild session on Friday that saw the Dow Jones industrials gyrate ...

AIG secures extra A$54bn in liquidity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... pay down other outstanding liabilities resulting from its extensive counter-party contracts. "Under this program, the New York Fed will borrow up to $US37.8 billion in investment-grade, fixed-income securities from AIG in return for cash collateral. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... points, or 1.53 per cent, to 4,320.9, while the broader All Ordinaries index lost 78.5 points, or 1.8 per cent, to 4,291.3. NEW YORK - US stocks plunged for a seventh straight session on Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrials below 9,000 for the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... points, or 4.99 per cent, lower at 4388.1, while the broader All Ordinaries lost 228.1 points, or 4.96 per cent, to 4369.8. NEW YORK - Wall Street tried but failed to find stability on overnight, with investors trying to determine whether an emergency ...

Fed to bail-out corporate paper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... unsecured commercial paper issued by corporations and municipal authorities. Quoting the US Federal Reserve statement, the New York Times reported that, "This facility should encourage investors to once again engage in term lending in the commercial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... per cent, to close at 4,618.7, while the broader All ordinaries picked up 53.2 points, or 1.17 per cent, to 4,597.9. NEW YORK - US stocks plunged on Tuesday for a second straight day with a vicious downward spiral reinforced by fears of a deeper credit ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... share price index futures contract had fallen 86 points at 4480, on a volume of 20,830 contracts. "We are following the New York trend today but we need to be careful: our banks need to be seen to be strong," Bell Potter Brisbane senior adviser Stuart ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... or 3.3 per cent, at 4,540.4, while the broader All Ordinaries index shed 158.1 points, or 3.36 per cent, to 4,544.7. NEW YORK - US shares slid Monday as panic gripped world markets over the global financial crisis, but Wall Street indexes staged a partial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... points, or 0.69 per cent to 4,761.1, while the broader All Ordinaries shed 40.4 points, or 0.83 per cent to 4,774.1. NEW YORK - Pessimism about a protracted economic downturn washed over the financial markets on Thursday, sending stocks plunging and ...