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Midday market wrap: Shares, bonds both ease on stronger US data

The Australian share market opened in negative territory, following a fall in the United States market on Friday night. At early trade the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 9.3 points weaker at 3239.2 while the all ordinaries index fell 7.6 points to ...

Afternoon market report: Trade thins as Melbourne Cup takes precedence

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2003
... York of $US0.6976. The Australian bond market was also mildly weaker in the wake of selling overnight after the strong US data. In early afternoon trade the yield on the Commonwealth Government May 2013 bond was at 5.810 per cent, compared with 5.795 ...

Midday market report: Shares surge higher on US data

The Australian stock market opened higher today following a surge by stocks on Wall Street overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 16.6 points higher at 3273.1 in early trade while the all ordinaries index had leapt 20.0 points to 3273.1. Overnight ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar stronger

... dollar had jumped to $US0.6954 as the US dollar weakened. Offshore traders said the US dollar fell on Friday after stronger US data failed to meet market expectations. The Australian share market is likely to ease slightly at the open following a drop ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds stronger on weak employment data

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2003
... Nasdaq composite index ended 10.9 points (0.6%) lower at 1,858.1. Surprisingly UK markets were able to shrug off the weak US data, with the FTSE 100 closing 8.4 points higher at 4,257.2, a 2.3% gain for the week. The US dollar weakened against major ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks dip on disappointing data

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2003
... composite index fell 19.4 points (1.1%) to close at 1,715.6. In London the FTSE 100 was also hit by the disappointing US data, closing 58.6 points (1.4%) lower at 4,098.4 and down modestly on the week. In the US Treasuries market, the yield on the 10-year ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks sag on mixed economic data

... slipped 15.3 points (0.9%) to 1,663.5 points. Earlier in London the FTSE managed to hold above 4,000 despite the mixed US data. Gains in drug shares helped the UK index rise 17.9 points and close at 4,024.8. In other US markets, bonds were hit hard by ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks extend gains

... the FTSE 100 also continued to extend recent gains. The UK index finished 37.5 points (0.9%) higher at 4,190.4. Among US data releases, the CPI was unchanged in May but rose by 0.3% after excluding food and energy prices. It was the largest rise in the ...