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Morning Market Wrap: Dollar weaker after US jobless claims plunge

... Overnight, the local unit edged lower as the US dollar benefited from positive news on the labour market. Weekly US jobless claims plunged by 43,000 to 348,000 - the lowest level since before recession in the world's largest economy - surprising economists ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares, dollar end higher

... cent from 5.680. The market also anticipates positive economic news out of the United States tonight on weekly jobless claims as well as an upbeat speech from US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan.

Afternoon Market Wrap: ASX in positive territory

... share market finished in positive territory today buoyed by signs of a sustained recovery in the United States. Jobless claims in the US fell by 23,000 to 382,000 which CMC Group dealer James Foulsham said gave the market more confidence of a sustainable ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks, bonds make further gains

... (0.2%) to finish at 1,028.0. But the bond market garnered succour from a surprising spike to 413,00 in initial jobless claims last week, and also from comments by at least two Fed officials suggesting rate increases were a long way off. The yield on ...