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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
The Australian share market was nearly two per cent lower at noon following the tumble on Wall Street after the US unemployment rate shot to a 16-year high. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 67.7 points, or 1.81 per cent, at 3,668 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... 1.17 per cent, at 3,598, while the broader All Ordinaries fell 39.1 points, or 1.09 per cent, to 3,534.2. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks hit the skids Thursday as prospects dimmed for passage of a 15-billion-dollar rescue plan for the troubled US auto ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... was 43 points lower at 3,578 on a volume of 15,433 contracts. "The market started off well on the back of a stronger Wall Street last night but the finance and bank sector has seen some ongoing weakness," ABN Amro Morgans Ipswich manager Tony Russell ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... cent higher at 3640.7, while the broader All Ordinaries was up 39.6 points, or 1.12 per cent, at 3,573.3. NEW YORK - Wall Street regained some of its optimism Wednesday, on expectations that Congress will extend a lifeline to US automakers and avoid ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... Australian sharemarket bounced back at noon as strong resources stocks helped the market shrug off a negative lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 20.8 points, or 0.58 per cent, at 3,625.1, while the broader All ...

Knife falls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
Anyone else caught the falling knife? Lower earnings forecasts quickly ended Wall Street's optimism over Santa Obama's promise of a 'single biggest investment' since the 1950s. Like I said in yesterday's commentary, for now this is simply rhetoric. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... cent, to 3,604.3, while the broader All Ordinaries declined 20.1 points, or 0.57 per cent, at 3,533.7. NEW YORK - Wall Street turned cautious Tuesday after a two-day rally as downbeat corporate news reminded investors that the economy's troubles won't ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... higher to $28.50 while fellow mining giant Rio Tinto advanced 97 cents, or 3.02 per cent, to $33.05. Mr Potter said Wall Street was expected to pull back from recent gains because the market had already factored in forthcoming economic stimulus measures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... per cent, to 3,631.6, while the broader All Ordinaries was up 126.6 points, or 3.69 per cent, at 3,553.8. NEW YORK - Wall Street extended its rally into a second session Monday as investors grew optimistic that President-elect Barack Obama's plan for ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
The Australian sharemarket was higher at noon after gains in the financial sector and following Wall Street's rally on Friday. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained 117.9 points, or 3.38 per cent, to 3,607.8, while the broader All ...