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Sentiment seesaw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
Up and down we go, where it stops we do not know. Wall Street's performance overnight highlights how tenuous financial market sentiment remains. The sentiment seesaw became obvious as the Dow Jones industrial index went from a 4.4 per cent loss to a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... cent, to 4,013.4, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell 284.4 points, or 6.66 per cent, to 3988.1. NEW YORK - Wall Street turned in another stunning finish overnight and extended its unprecedented streak of volatility - this time, to the upside ...

Perennial bears the bear

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... doom-and-gloomsters. Any way you describe the events of the last two months would be nothing short of an understatement. Wall Street fell off a cliff and the real economy is starting to hurt. But it is during these dark days that planners need to assure ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... was trading more than five per cent lower at noon dragged down by the resources sector and after heavy losses from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 237.6 points, or 5.53 per cent, at 4,062.4, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

No instant gratification

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
'Rome was not built in a day.' Wall Street's behaviour over the past few days reflects the GenXers and GenYers culture of instant gratification. Flick a switch and dinner is cooked, the music plays, moving images play on the screen. Click on the mouse ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... euphoria, but contained its losses to less than one per cent. The domestic market took its downwards lead from a weaker Wall Street still concerned by the global credit, and falls in domestic resources stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
The Australian share market was in negative territory at noon led by the resources sector after a weak lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 37.7 points, or 0.87 per cent, at 4,297.5, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Sober and sombre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
True to script, Wall Street calmed down from the euphoric rally that greeted investors at the start of the trading week. Just as the spectacular one-day rallies of the 1930s (see yesterday's report, "Depression no more?") were followed by more sober ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... value of stocks listed in the All Ordinaries index. Investor confidence was buoyed by the biggest percentage gain on Wall Street overnight since the Great Depression and news of the federal government's $10.4 billion stimulus package for the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... $40.88, Santos rose $1.09, or 8.93 per cent, to $13.30, and Oil Search added 36 cents, or 10.5 per cent, to $3.79. On Wall Street overnight, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 936.42, or 11.08 per cent, to settle at 9,387.61. The Standard & Poor's ...