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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... TOKYO - Japanese stocks fell on Wednesday, weighed down by worries about a stronger yen and doubts over the US economic recovery as the market awaited events later this week, including the results of European bank "stress tests". While charts suggest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... and tech shares hit by disappointing corporate results for US peers amid growing concern about the pace of US economic recovery. The Nikkei 225 closed down 107.90 points, or 1.15 per cent, at 9,300.46 points. Meanwhile, the broader Topix closed down ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... nothing much going on." On Wall Street on Monday, stocks made modest gains amid renewed concerns that the US economic recovery is stalling and as the company earnings season picked up steam. Investors shook off a disappointing reading on homebuilders' ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... sagging consumer confidence and a mixed batch of second-quarter earnings revived fears about the health of the economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 261.41 points, or 2.52 per cent, to 10,097.90. All 30 of the Dow's blue-chip stocks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... sagging consumer confidence and a mixed batch of second-quarter earnings revived fears about the health of the economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 261.41 points (2.52 per cent) to finish at 10,097.90. All 30 of the Dow's blue-chip ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... 2,249.08. LONDON - European stock markets closed lower as weak US data stoked growing concerns that the global economic recovery is in trouble. Slower Chinese growth in the second quarter as Beijing pared its stimulus spending and reined in red-hot property ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... points, its seventh straight advance. Bond prices rose as investors, again uneasy about the strength of the economic recovery, went in search of safe investments. The Fed's economic forecast was only slightly more downbeat than the outlook issued in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... positive territory as investors speculated on the earnings prospects of companies struggling with a fragile economic recovery. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets rose at the end of a largely solid week for share prices caused by stronger optimism over ...

Just a typical pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... wall, which we've run into here. Which, essentially, as far as I can see, is a typical pause that occurs in an economic recovery". Hmmm... the sceptic in me kicked in. I remember him declaring that he only holds government bonds when he sat at the helm ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... markets rebounded slightly on Wednesday, after recent heavy falls caused by concerns on eurozone banks and global economic recovery fears, analysts said. The London FTSE 100 index added 2.65 points, or 0.05 per cent to close at 4,916.87 points. European ...