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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... to close at 3,550.3, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 78.1 points, or 2.29 per cent, to 3,483.1. NEW YORK - Wall Street got the news it wanted on the US economy's biggest problems - banks and housing - and responded with a rally that propelled ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... 29 cents to $18.46, ANZ was up 31 cents to $14.86 and Commonwealth Bank was up three cents to $34.03. On Friday on Wall Street, the Dow industrials fell 122.42, or 1.65 per cent, to 7,278.38. The S&P 500 index fell 15.5, or 1.98 per cent, to 768.54 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... to close at 3465.8, while the broader All Ordinaries decreased 11.4 points, or 0.33 per cent, to 3405.0. NEW YORK - Wall Street's mid-March rally is on hold, but the Dow Jones industrial average still managed its first two-week gain in close to a year. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... been a little bit shaken by the potential bond issuance in America, which has damaged the US dollar," Mr Bishop said. Wall Street fell on Thursday due to concerns that the Federal Reserve's move to buy up to $US300 billion in Treasury bonds and an additional ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... Australian share market closed at a one-month high, boosted by financial stocks after a US Federal Reserve-inspired Wall Street rally. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 gained 33.9 points, or 0.98 per cent, to close at 3,480.2, the highest since February 16 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
The Australian stock market was higher at noon, boosted by the financial sector, and following a rally on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve announced plans to revive the US economy. At 1206 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 25.3 points higher, or ...

Fresh mint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
Last night the US Federal Reserve made Wall Street an offer it could not refuse - 1.25 trillion freshly minted greenbacks. After heading south for most of the trading session, the S&P 500 changed direction and headed for a more than 2 per cent gain ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after Wall Street shares rallied after the Federal Reserve announced its plan to buy $US1 trillion ($A1.51 trillion) of bonds in a bid to pull the US economy out of a severe recession. At 0647 AEDT ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
The Australian stock market opened higher after gains from the financials following a positive lead from Wall Street overnight. At 1010 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 27.7 points higher at 3482.6, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 23.7 points ...

Main Street versus Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
Wall Street jumped again overnight but Main Street's mood has turned from nervous insouciance to outright outrage. Hip, hip, hurray! Wall Street greeted St. Patrick's Day with a 3.2 per cent rally in the S&P 500, a 2.5 per cent jump in the Dow and the ...