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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... points, or 0.37 per cent, to 4061.5. It was the highest close for both indices since November 10 last year. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks closed mixed on Friday in directionless trade as a decline in oil prices weighed on heavyweight oil majors and investors ...

Spin-a-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
Big yawn! Overnight news out of Wall Street provided little fresh direction, just a continuation of the recent trend we have seen so far - that is, anyone could choose any number from last night's stats and spin it both ways. Bull spin. US consumers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... up 82.7 points, or 2.1 per cent, at 4,016.3. It was the highest close for both since November 10, 2008. NEW YORK - Wall Street lost ground Wednesday as investors mulled the impact of rising commodity prices that could crimp an economic rebound. Analysts ...

Fully sick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... Corp., State Street Corp. and US Bancorp all said today they are repaying the funds.' This should not be a surprise for Wall Street - and it wasn't. The S&P 500 and the Dow gave it a big ho-hum, ending flat in overnight trade. Wall Street knows that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
Australian shares are expected to open lower after a weak lead from Wall Street and a broad-based commodities retreat. At 0733 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 48 points lower at 3,975. In economic news on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
Australian shares are expected to open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street. At 0754 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 16 points higher at 3,976. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau ...

GS trounces GM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... from the 1970's English rock band Queen keeps playing in my head. You would be humming the song too if you woke up to Wall Street's 2.6 per cent jump overnight - the day General Motors became Government Motors. After spending many, many months of worrying ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... cent, at 3894.4, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 74.6 points, or 1.96 per cent, at 3887.9 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks shot higher Monday as a bullish mood on recovery from recession overshadowed a massive bankruptcy filing by General ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... cent, at 3,818.1, while the broader All Ordinaries index added 59.4 points, or 1.58 per cent, to 3,813.3. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks rallied on Friday as further signs of recovery from the prolonged global economic slump helped the market maintain ...

Stocks and bonds agree on recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Similar economic news, opposite Wall Street reaction. Are equity investors still decoding the economic tea leaves or just marching to the beat of their own drum? For how could Wall Street have exactly opposite reactions to almost similar indications ...