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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... Overnight, Wall Street rose in a stable session despite data showing the US economy shrank in the third quarter. The Dow Jones closed up 189.73 points, or 2.11 per cent, to 9,180.69, while the Nasdaq was up 41.31 points, or 2.49 per cent, to 1,698.52 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... Street's overnight performance as "workmanlike" after its eleven per cent gain the previous day. A last-minute dive on the Dow Jones index wiped out earlier gains following the Federal Reserve's half-point interest rate cut. "It's been a really positive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... out earlier gains following the Federal Reserve's half-point interest rate cut to stimulate the sluggish economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 74.16 points, or 0.82 per cent, to close at 8,990.96, while the Nasdaq rose 7.74 points, or 0.47 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... Westpac was 75 cents higher, or 3.66 per cent, to $21.25. Overnight, Wall Street enjoyed an astounding advance, the Dow Jones industrials soaring to their second-largest point gain ever as late-day bargain hunters stormed into the market in anticipation ...

Daily funnies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... stockmarket. Wall Street rallied almost 11 per cent last night. Here is Bloomberg's interpretation, 'Stocks rallied and the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its second-best point gain as the cheapest valuations in 23 years lured investors and increased ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... Ordinaries was 12.9 points, or 0.34 per cent, lower at 3,755.4. NEW YORK - Wall Street had an astounding advance, with the Dow Jones industrials soaring to their second-largest point gain ever as late-day bargain hunters stormed into the market. Buying ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... about a protracted downturn in the economy and tight credit markets erased the bulk of the financial sector's gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 203.18 points, or 2.42 per cent, to close at 8,175.77 after being up as much as 200 points during ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... earnings news. News that the US Treasury was opening up capital to help ailing banks also appeared to boost sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 58.94 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 8,437.89 shortly before close, while the Nasdaq was up 1.19 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... heading into recession after GDP contracted for the first time in 16 years," Ms Saly said. Last Friday in the US, the Dow Jones dropped 5.4 per cent, the S&P 500 lost 6.8 per cent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell by 9.3 per cent. Ms Saly said the local ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... market rout, on rising fears of a worldwide recession that will slam a wide range of industries. On Wall Street the Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 312.30 points, or 3.59 per cent, to 8,378.95, in a volatile session that saw the blue-chip index ...