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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... 21.07 points, or 1.43 per cent, to 1,453.70. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 68.06 points, or 2.52 per cent, to 2,627.94. LONDON - UK stocks lost 1.2 per cent as an intensifying credit market crisis threatened to further batter financials, while weak ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... points or 1.17 per cent to 1,458.32 and the Nasdaq Composite Index was down 86.43 points or 3.14 per cent to 2,662.33. LONDON - Britain's leading share index finished steady, with a takeover approach by BHP Billiton for Rio Tinto off set by the banks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... points or 2.75 per cent to 1,478.53 and the Nasdaq Composite Index was down 64.14 points or 2.27 per cent to 2,761.33. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 share index lost 1.3 per cent, with a falling dollar, surging oil prices and investors nervous about the ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... record oil prices, and the materials sector, namely BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, following strong base metals prices in London overnight. "Gold and silver were both up very strongly last night, with gold touching $US828 per ounce," Mr Wacher said. "People ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... end on a positive note, the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision on interest rates is announced, and base metal prices in London were higher overnight. At 0745 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was up 60 points to 6676. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
... points, or 0.50 per cent, at 1,502.17. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 15.2 points, or 0.54 per cent, at 2,795.18. LONDON - Britain's index of leading shares fell by one per cent with the news of Citigroup's potential write off of another $US11 billion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... 2,810.38. For the week, the Dow was down 1.53 per cent and the S&P fell 1.67 per cent, while the Nasdaq rose 0.22 per cent. LONDON - Britain's leading shares fell 0.84 per cent, as suggestions the worst of the credit crunch is still to come shook the ...

Investec arrives in Aus

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
... of its top guys, head of UK institutional Mark Samuelson, to spearhead its expansion in Australia. Samuelson leaves his London-base role to become the new managing director at Investec Australia. He began his career in South Africa in 1991 and was a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
... points, or 2.60 per cent, to end at 13,567.87. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 64.29 points, or 2.25 per cent, to 2,794.83. LONDON - Britain's top share index tumbled more than two per cent, as downgrades and a write-off in the financial sector helped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... S&P financial index up 0.8 per cent. Shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co rose 1 per cent to $47 on the New York Stock Exchange. LONDON - Britain's leading share index rose nearly 1 per cent, as investors on both sides of the Atlantic bet on a US interest rate ...