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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... or 0.36 per cent, to 1,365.29. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 7.44 points, or 0.31 per cent, to 2,355.31. LONDON - Britain's blue-chip index ended higher, buoyed by mining and financial stocks as investors hoped that an end to subprime-related losses ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... or 2.75 per cent, to 1,358.94. The Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 64.60 points, or 2.83 per cent, to 2,343.70. LONDON - Britain's top share index ended sharply higher, entering the second quarter in buoyant mood as financials jumped on hopes that European ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... or 0.75 per cent, at 1,325.12. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 22.97 points, or 1.02 per cent, at 2,284.15. LONDON - Britain's top share index ticked up to end its worst quarterly performance in more than five years, as gains in oil shares and bid ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... week, the Dow was down 1.2 per cent and the S&P was down 1.1 per cent, while the Nasdaq was up 0.1 per cent. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index ended lower as banks and oil shares weighed, although Enterprise Inns jumped on hopes of becoming a low-tax ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... Composite Index was up 68.64 points, or 3.04 per cent, to close unofficially at 2,326.75. LONDON - The FTSE 100 index of Britain's leading shares ended down on Thursday by 50.4 points, or 0.91 per cent, at 5,495.2. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended down ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... a day after a powerful rally driven by the Federal Reserve's latest interest-rate cut. LONDON - The FTSE 100 index of Britain's leading shares ended down 1.07 per cent as fresh concerns over the health of the UK banking sector weighed on financial stocks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... biggest one-day surge since March 2003, unofficially ending 91.25 points higher, or 4.19 per cent, at 2,268.26. LONDON - Britain's top shares surged 3.5 per cent higher as the prospect of a hefty US rate cut and forecast-beating results from Lehman Brothers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... at 1,276.60. The Nasdaq Composite Index unofficially closed down 35.48 points, or 1.60 per cent, at 2,177.01. LONDON - Britain's leading share index sank 3.86 per cent to hit its lowest closing level since late 2005 after the fire sale of Bear Stearns ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
... or 2.08 per cent, to 1,288.14. The Nasdaq Composite Index slipped 51.12 points, or 2.26 per cent, to 2,212.49. LONDON - Britain's leading share index fell one per cent, as banks on both sides of the Atlantic slid on fears that emergency financing for ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... 1,304.38. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 52.31 points, or 2.30 per cent, to close unofficially at 2,220.50. LONDON - Britain's top share index slid, with banks on both sides of the Atlantic hit by fears of more losses, while weak US housing data ...