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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... cent, at 4,292.5, while the broader All Ordinaries index rose 29.7 points, also 0.7 per cent, to 4,351.3.NEW YORK - US stocks erased losses in the last hour of trade to end mostly higher despite doubts that the EU summit later this week will produce ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... per cent, to 4,257.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell 63.3 points, or 1.5 per cent, to 4,316.2. NEW YORK - US stocks closed mixed as investors cautiously followed the unfolding saga of Europe's public debt crisis ahead of a key EU summit. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... cut, so any move to hold rates at current levels could push shares lower, IG Markets analyst Stan Shamu said. Resources stocks were lower, with miner Rio Tinto down 0.7 per cent, or 47 cents, to $66.53 a share, while BHP Billiton was down 22 cents, or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... after France and Germany called for a new EU treaty with tougher budgetary rules to deal with the eurozone debt crisis. Stocks markets rose on the proposal, but Wall Street pulled back on reports later in the day that ratings agency Standard & Poor's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... investors waited for further news out of Europe, and a wealth of local economic data due out this week, he said. Resources stocks were higher, with Rio Tinto up 22 cents at $66.54 and BHP Billiton up 51 cents at $37.16. Uranium miners were higher after ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... gains from a two-and-half-year low. The NZX 50 Index rose 5.07 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 3282.38. Within the index, 33 stocks fell, 13 rose and five were unchanged. Turnover was $NZ83.8 million ($A64.28 million), with about two-thirds of that made ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... up 31 cents, or one per cent, to $31.98. Hospitals operator Ramsay Health Care was one of the best performers, with its stocks having shot up 50 cents, or 2.68 per cent, to $19.16. That followed a media report suggesting it was considering expanding ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... to 4,288. NEW YORK - A rally that pushed major stock indexes up more than seven per cent this week stalled on Thursday. Stocks wavered between slight gains and slight losses, a day after the market posted its biggest gain in two and a half years. Goldman ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... Mr Smith said. The best performing sector was metals and minerals, up 4.01 per cent, according to Iress data. Materials stocks were up 3.92 per cent, and financials were 2.74 per cent higher. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial Average climbed 4.24 ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... European single currency hit a one-week peak of $US1.3533, from a level of around $US1.33 moments before the news. European stocks had begun on Wednesday by trading in negative territory as eurozone finance chiefs struggled to boost the firepower of ...