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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
... up 1.7 points to 6275.0. NEW YORK - Most major world markets were closed yesterday for public holidays. In New York on Friday, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 66.15 points to 13,507.28 and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index climbed 8.22 points to ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... and coming into June 30 there's not a lot of opportunity for tax losses so that won't be a dampener." US stocks rose on Friday as news of Nasdaq's intention to buy Nordic exchange company OMX and a broker upgrade for Apple boosted investor sentiment ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... will hold a scheme meeting for shareholders to consider the Asciano demerger. The Australian stock market closed lower on Friday after expectations of a market correction and surprise strong housing figures weighed on Wall Street and weaker metals prices ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
... HONG KONG - The Hong Kong stock market was closed for a public holiday, Buddha's birthday. Markets will resume trading on Friday. On Wednesday, the benchmark Hang Seng Index closed down 44.95 points at 20,798.97. WELLINGTON - The NZSX-50 index closed ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
... Hang Seng Index closed up 22.91 points to end at 20,927.75 on turnover of HK$55.6 billion (US$7.1 billion) compared to Friday's HK$56.4 billion. WELLINGTON - The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed at 4289.71, up 0.2 percent, on turnover totalling $NZ264.1 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
... interest rate rise would have on its stock market. At 1200 AEST, the local currency was trading at $US0.8236/39, up from Friday's close of 0.8216/21. It traded between a low of $US0.8225 and a high of 0.8250 during the morning session. St George Bank ...

Economic round-up: Beijing tugging the reins

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
Investors will be keeping an eye on the Chinese currency today following Beijing's announcement on Friday of another interest rate increase and a widening of its foreign exchange trading band against the US$. China's central bank also raised interest ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
The Australian market is expected to open with sharp gains, after a record close on Wall Street on Friday and stronger base metal prices. In corporate news today, investment firm HGL Ltd posts first half results and law firm Slater & Gordon Ltd is due ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... ground lost late last week. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed up 12.55 points at 4,238.94, having fallen 25 points on Friday.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
... 6372 on a volume of 8,223 contracts. CMC Markets analyst David Land said the upswing was driven by stronger US markets on Friday. "We had a pretty positive lead coming out of the US, which has accounted for much of the bounce that we've seen here today,' ...