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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... points, or 0.08 per cent, at 1,349.99. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 10.74 points, or 0.46 per cent, at 2,321.80. LONDON - Britain's leading shares gained nearly three per cent to close near the day's highs, led by banks on hopes of higher dividends ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... Index was down 10.74 points, or 0.46 per cent, at 2,321.80. Markets will be closed on Monday for US Presidents Day holiday. LONDON - Britain's top share index fell as a fresh batch of weak economic data and more bad news in the financial sector hit banks. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... would say we'll have a weak finish today," he said. "And when you have a weak Friday you usually have a weak Monday." In London overnight base metals ended lower, with the exception of Aluminium, which jumped five per cent. At 1211 AEDT, Rio Tinto was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 15.45 points to 1,351.76. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 33.59 points at 2,340.34. LONDON - UK stocks closed flat after the US Federal Reserve's comments, which offset gains in commodity shares. The FTSE 100 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 17.12 points at 1,365.98. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 47.61 points at 2,367.65. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index fell 0.51 per cent, led by banks, commodity shares and Vodafone as investors wary of the lingering ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... Australian share market has opened higher following a strong lead from Wall Street and generally higher base metals prices in London. The stronger opening came despite the banking sector falling on lower than expected profit results from the Commonwealth ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... Australian market is expected to open higher following a strong lead from Wall Street and generally higher base metals prices in London. At 0704 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was UP 82 points to 5,671. ...

Our rates a global sideshow

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... capital to the world, along with the rise of new financial hubs in the Middle East to complement the rapidly growing hubs in London and Asia." But while the fall in US economic power has leapfrogged ahead a few decades faster than anyone might have previously ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... slightly higher this morning, on a generally positive lead from Wall Street and a mixed performance from base metals in London overnight. At 0703 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was UP 18 points to 5561. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... market is expected to have a mixed opening today, following a flat lead from Wall Street and higher base metals prices in London on Friday. At 0745 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was down 5 points at ...