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Midday Market Wrap: Dollar stronger at noon

... at yesterday's close. The Australian bond market was stronger at noon, with short covering following a rally in US Treasuries, an analyst said. At 1200 AEDT the yield on the Commonwealth Government May 2013 bond was at 5.800 per cent, compared with 5.880 ...

Midday Market Wrap: Momentum of dollar causes concern on market

... 5.76 points to 1967.35. The Australian bond market was stronger at noon after a strong overnight session following US Treasuries, a strategist said. At 1200 AEDT the yield on the Commonwealth Government May 2013 bond was steady at 5.920 per cent, compared ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar maintains overnight gains

... high in line with the longer term fundamentals." The Australian bond market was weaker at noon in thin trade after US treasuries weakened overnight, ahead of a public holiday in the US tonight. At 1200 AEDT the yield on the Commonwealth Government May ...

Midday market wrap: Shares, bonds both ease on stronger US data

... assets from the Broadway & Frame group in Melbourne. The Australian bond market also opened weaker in line with US Treasuries today and was now being driven by central bank monetary policy movements, analysts said. In early trade the yield on the Commonwealth ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks head lower on disappointing jobs data

... Composite Index closed down 9.73 points, or 0.49 percent, at 1,957.97, based on the latest available figures. In the Treasuries market, prices rose modestly as a jump in layoff announcements from U.S. firms in October suggested the job market might be ...

Afternoon market report: Trade thins as Melbourne Cup takes precedence

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2003
... of strong economic data, higher US stocks and expectations of new Treasury supply later in the week weakened the US Treasuries market, taking local bond prices lower in their wake. Westpac fixed income strategist Prashant Newnaha said with a quiet day ...

Latest US GDP growth could herald gains in equities in the short-run

... 1970s. Consequently, it should be no surprise that US inflation expectations - the spread between nominal and return Treasuries - continue to rise. Even in the GDP report, core personal consumption deflator had risen 1.8% in the third quarter of 2003 ...

Afternoon market wrap: Stronger dollar hurts stocks, lifts bonds

... of the domestic session. Also, an article by influential Washington Post journalist John Berry had sent prices of US Treasuries upwards in the overnight session in the US.

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar and bonds stronger

... was at 94.55, compared to 94.52. Australian bonds recovered from some early losses overnight and rallied alongside US Treasuries on weakening equities. "Today we haven't got any significant economic data to give markets direction, so its largely going ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks make further gains

... almost 120 points in two days. Led by banks, drug and technology bellwethers, the index closed last night at 4,209.1. US Treasuries were a little weaker after initial claims for unemployment benefits fell just shy of 400,000 last week, and increased ...