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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... the Australian share market closed more than one per cent lower amid broad-based selling following a poor lead from Wall Street. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 45.4 points, or 1.19 per cent lower at 3755.7, while the broader All Ordinaries fell 41.4 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... at 3,801.1, while the broader All Ordinaries index advanced 13.7 points, or 0.36 per cent, to 3,795.3. NEW YORK - Wall Street tumbled with investors turning cautious as auto giant General Motors moved towards bankruptcy and the market was gripped by ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... points higher at 3,821 on a volume of 14,557 contracts. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said confidence on Wall Street was spreading to the Australian market. "We are obviously following the US lead, not as strongly as you'd probably expect," ...

Happy Americans, happy world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
Happy consumers beget a happy Wall Street. Green sprouts starting to flower? Neither Kim Jung Il's rattling of his nuclear sabre nor a reminder that US house prices continue to fall were able to prevent Wall Street from turning in a strong finish last ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... cent, at 3,788.4, while the broader All Ordinaries index found 46.3 points, or 1.24 per cent, to 3,781.6. NEW YORK - Wall Street powered higher as a surprisingly strong reading on US consumer confidence by a Conference Board survey buoyed hopes of economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... cent, to 3,737.9, while the broader All Ordinaries index lost 20.1 points, or 0.54 per cent, to 3,735.3. NEW YORK - Wall Street was closed for the Memorial Day holiday. LONDON - London markets were closed for a bank holiday. FRANKFURT - European stock ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... at 3,761.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 49.3 points, or 1.3 per cent, to 3,755.4. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks closed slightly lower in choppy trade on Friday as investors worried about the economy's recovery prospects and government ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... Australian share market had fallen more than one per cent at noon on Friday, following a night of similar losses on Wall Street. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 42.4 points, or 1.11 per cent, at 3,771.5, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... Nasdaq composite index fell 32.59, or 1.89 per cent, to 1,695.25. LONDON - European stock markets slid, dragged down by Wall Street, while equities in London suffered from a warning by credit rater Standard & Poor's that it may downgrade Britain's debt ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... adviser at Austock Securities, Michael Heffernan, said the fall was due to mixed commodity prices and a weak lead from Wall Street. "The materials sector is doing well," Mr Heffernan said. "It was a bit of a wishy washy lead on Wall Street last night." ...