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Midday market wrap: Australian shares edge higher

Australian shares opened modestly stronger this morning, following gains Friday in major US and European markets. US markets were buoyed by a solid earnings result from Microsoft, and positive comments from telecommunications giant Ericsson. Locally ...

Morning market wrap: US shares end week stronger

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2003
... the Japanese yen up around 0.3% to 118.36. The Australian dollar is expected to open local trade broadly unchanged from Friday's close, at $US0.6475. US bonds finished Friday's session marginally weaker, the yield on the 10-year bond edging up one basis ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares drift lower

... afternoon trade, as a dearth of local factors helped rob the market of the momentum gained from rises in offshore markets Friday. But it was the banking sector which allowed the market to finish slightly higher, with the big four banks all posting modest ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares weaker

The Australian share market traded lower Friday morning, following a sharp sell-off overnight in US technology stocks. The Nasdaq composite index ended the US session down nearly 3%, as earnings from Nokia and IBM failed to excite investors. Local losses ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares open higher

The Australian share market opened sharply higher this morning, following solid gains Friday in US and European markets. At midday, the All Ordinaries had increased 27.4 points to 3,050.2. Advances were broadbased, including the major banks, major resource ...

Morning market wrap: US Stocks recover ground

US stocks finished moderately higher Friday, underpinned by re-assuring earnings comments from General Electric. The market was also boosted by a series of brokerage upgrades in the technology and retail sectors. The Dow Jones industrial average gained ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares sustain upward momentum

... Ordinaries ended the day over 30 points higher, the index eventually finishing at 3,053.4. The gains followed strong advances Friday in US and European equity markets, and a rebound today in Japan's Nikkei 225. News Corporation led the local market higher ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2003
Australian shares were trading lower Friday morning, following sharp falls overnight in US markets. The weakness in the US was sparked by a lacklustre earnings report from internet company Yahoo, and signs of a continuing deterioration in the US labour ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares higher

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2003
With the US market closed Friday for the Independence Day holiday, the Australian market traded a little higher Monday morning amid quiet volumes. The rise was led by News Corporation, which was up 10c (almost 1.0%) to $11.16. While the major banks ...

Morning market wrap: Investors await re-opening of US markets

US markets were closed Friday for the Independence Day long weekend, while other major international share markets traded quietly. London's FTSE 100 ended down 3.3 points at 4,021.5, with heightened competition concerns propelling the telecommunications ...