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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... services sector grew in June but not as much as expected, in yet another sign of the sluggishness of the US economic recovery. The Institute for Supply Management said that its index of non-manufacturing activity was 53.3 in June, down from 54.6 in May. ...

I'm still standing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... picking up the bargains on offer in the financial markets. And as for fears about the downshifting of the US economic recovery, more recent data confirm Big Benny's statement that, "The slower pace of the recovery reflects in part factors that are likely ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... negative economic data releases from the US, China and Europe added to doubts on the strength of the global economic recovery. China's Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index hit an 11-month low, while in Europe a key indicator on manufacturing activity ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... lower on Wednesday after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke offered a bleak outlook on the struggling economic recovery and slashed half a point off its estimate of gross domestic product growth for 2011. Dr Bernanke had lowered the growth outlook ...

The sound of QE3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... The Street after the Fed's post-FOMC meeting statement and Big Benny's press conference confirmed that the "economic recovery is continuing at a moderate pace, though somewhat more slowly than the Committee had expected." And that, "recent labor market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... - US stocks closed lower on Wednesday after the US Federal Reserve offered a bleak outlook on the struggling economic recovery and vowed to maintain its policy of ultra-low interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average had fallen 78.60 points, 0.64 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... (1.76 per cent) at 2,631.46. Investors faced a series of worse-than-expected indicators on the health of the US economic recovery. Inflation reached an annualised 3.6 per cent in May, the Labor Department said, indicating that rising prices threaten ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... after the release of better-than-expected data on retail sales and wholesale inflation, which showed that the US economic recovery was weak, but still on track, analysts said. LONDON - European stocks closed higher on Tuesday after recent sustained losses ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... on Monday, with markets largely stable after a brutal sell-off last week driven by concerns about a slowing economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.06 points (0.01 per cent) at 11,952.97 in final trades. The broader S&P 500 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... ended in negative territory for the sixth time in a row on Wednesday amid fresh signs of trouble for the US economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 21.87 points (0.18 per cent) to finish at 12,048.94. The broader S&P 500 dropped 5.38 ...