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Aust bond market opens broadly unchanged ahead of US jobs report

The Australian bond market opened broadly unchanged today as traders awaited an upcoming United States jobs report for their next lead. Early today the yield on the Commonwealth Government May 2013 bond was at 5.425% from 5.440 at yesterday\'s close ...

US Congress moves to approve free trade deal with Aust

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2004
... Australia, unlike less developed free-trade partners, has strong labour rights and environmental laws and poses no threat to US jobs. \"If you can\'t agree with this trade agreement, I don\'t know what trade agreement you\'re ever going to agree with,\" ...

Market wrap

... cent higher from Friday's range to US$71.35 in early trade on Monday. But despite the initial bearish reaction to the US jobs report, some analysts said the data was supportive of the US Federal Reserve's intention to adopt a measured approach to raising ...

Aust dollar tumbles more than one US cent over weekend

... US cent over the weekend to reach a six month low as the United States dollar soared on a much stronger than expected US jobs report. The key US report, which also delivered a robust employment number last month, has fuelled market expectations of a ...

US jobs confidence adds to recovery optimism

Americans were more upbeat in April about finding a job than they have been in almost 18 months, causing markets to quickly shift focus to next week's influential report on the U.S. employment situation. Also consumers bought a near-record number of ...

A$ drops against greenback

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2004
... business inventories rose 0.7 per cent in February, a report released overnight showed. These numbers follow the very strong US jobs report of two weeks ago, which also boosted the US dollar.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2004
... Australian stocks should get a kickstart from Wall St and move higher, as investors anticipate positive numbers in a key US jobs report out on Friday. The all ordinaries index was 7.9 points higher at 3417 while the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index gained ...

Afternoon market wrap: shares dip lower

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2003
... growth of 3.0 per cent earlier in the year. On Wall Street on Friday, stocks fell after a report showing surprisingly soft US jobs growth and a disappointing outlook from Intel Corp curbed optimism over the strength of the economic recovery. The Dow ...

Midday market wrap: shares edge higher

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2003
... economic outlook offset the impact of falls on Wall St on Friday. The US market responded badly to a surprisingly soft US jobs growth and a disappointing outlook from Intel Corp curbed optimism over the strength of the economic recovery. The Dow Jones ...

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

... hikes. The Australian dollar opened stronger today after the US dollar weakened on profit taking in the wake of a strong US jobs number, a trader said. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7090/97 compared with Friday's close of 0.7072/77. ...