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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... weaker. "Consumer staples is the best sector, up by more than two per cent." Base metal prices were modestly higher on the London Metal Exchange overnight but nickel and gold fell slightly. The big diversified miners were mixed at 1206 AEST, with BHP ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... cent, to 2,186.57, and the Standard & Poor's broad-market index increased 23.31 points, or 1.97 per cent, to 1,209.18. LONDON - The London FTSE index rose 101.4 points, or 1.99 per cent, to close at 5,197.02 points. FRANKFURT - The DAX added 120.16 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... or 3.82 per cent, to a close of 1,207.09, while the Nasdaq composite lost 94.92 points, or 4.17 per cent, to 2,178.98. LONDON - The London FTSE 100 index shed 75 points, or 1.41 per cent, to close at 5,236.26 points, as doubts mounted about the effectiveness ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... index rose 48.57, or 4.03 per cent, to 1,255.08, and the Nasdaq composite index rose 74.80, or 3.40 per cent, to 2,273.90. LONDON - The FTSE 100 index rose 431.3 points, or 8.84 per cent, to 5,311.30 points on Friday, driven by massive gains in the banks ...

No more short cuts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... regulator's move to tighten rules on short-selling to thwart speculators from causing more global shares bloodbath. In London, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has added new rules to its Code of Market Conduct banning "the active creation or increase ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... rose 50.12, or 4.33 per cent, to 1,206.51, and the Nasdaq composite index advanced 100.25, or 4.78 per cent, to 2,199.10. LONDON - The FTSE 100 index lost 32.4 points or 0.66 per cent to 4,880.00 points, as nervous investors took quick profits on early ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... 2,098.85, and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 57.2 points, or 4.71 per cent, to a close at 1,156.39. LONDON - The FTSE 100 index tumbled 113.2 points, or 2.25 per cent, to 4,912.40 points, breaching key technical support at 5,000 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... to 2,207.90 while the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index added 20.90 points, 1.75 per cent, to close of 1,213.60. LONDON - London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares tumbled to its lowest level for more than three years on Tuesday as global financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... 3.60 per cent, to 2,179.91 and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 59 points, or 4.71 per cent, to 1,192.70. LONDON - European stock markets closed sharply lower on Monday after US investment bank Lehman Brothers became the latest casualty ...

Templeton opens SWF arm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... The firm promoted David Smart as global head of sovereign wealth and supranationals. Smart will be based in the firm's London office and report to Vijay Advani, executive vice president of Global Advisory Services. Advani said SWFs are one of the fastest ...