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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... cent, to 1,431.50 and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index increased 5.81 points, or 0.77 per cent, to 756.55. LONDON - Leading European stock exchanges ended the week in positive territory on Friday, with the London FTSE 100 index gaining 41.62 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... added 25.81, or 3.58 per cent, to 747.17, while the Nasdaq composite index had gained 46.82, or 3.41 per cent, to 1,418.46. LONDON - European stock exchanges were higher, with the London FTSE 100 index up 18.25 points, or 0.49 per cent, at 3,712.06 points. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... lost 6.85, or one per cent, to 676.53, while the Nasdaq composite index had fallen 25.21, or 1.95 per cent, to 1,268.64. LONDON - In the UK, Britain's FTSE 100 index gained 11.67 points, or 0.33 per cent, to 3,542.4 points. FRANKFURT - Germany's DAX ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... index gained 0.83, or 0.12 per cent, to 683.38, while the Nasdaq composite index fell 5.74, or 0.44 per cent, to 1,293.85. LONDON - Most European and US stock indices fell modestly on Friday as early gains following an US jobs report that was no worse ...

Macq makes further cuts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... continues to downsize its operations locally and overseas with more than 40 redundancies made in the bank's New York and London offices and at least 20 people cut from its Melbourne and Sydney branches. This week, Macquarie Bank has cut at least 15 staff ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... points, or 4.25 per cent, to 682.55, and the Nasdaq composite index dropped 54.15 points, or four per cent, to 1,299.59. LONDON - European markets began their falls when China did not announce additional stimulus spending as expected. Dealers said there ...

GSJBW appoints co-CEO

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... been a director on the Goldman Sachs JBWere board since 2006. Rothery joined Goldman Sachs in 1998 based in Hong Kong and London where he held a number of senior roles in the Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (FICC) business. He then returned ...

Chinese medicine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... mirror image of their dismal performance earlier in the week, equity and commodity markets - from New York to Rio and old London town - rallied. Markets blamed Buffett and AIG at the start of the week, shouting sell for doom is upon us. Last night the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... points, or 2.38 per cent, to 712.87, and the Nasdaq composite index was 32.73 points higher, or 2.48 per cent, to 1,353.74. LONDON - European markets also rallied, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares recovering from six-year lows to close up ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... cuts. Shares in Macquarie Group were down seven cents at $17.33 at 1204 AEDT. Despite generally strong metals prices on the London Metal Exchange overnight, the mining giants were weaker at 1204 AEDT. BHP Billiton had given up 45 cents, or 1.65 per cent ...