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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... NEW YORK - US stocks ended mixed on Thursday, as nervous markets awaited a resolution to the debt-limit standoff in Washington, with the deadline for potential financial disaster only five days away. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 62.44 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... volume of 18,495 contracts. Global share markets were looking past any positive news and focused on the debt talks in Washington ahead of Tuesday's deadline for the US to raise its debt ceiling and avoid a sovereign credit default, City Index chief market ...

DC theatrics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
Sorry folks, no matter how sick you and I already are of watching Washington's game of chicken, it remains the main game in town. If you believe the headlines, Wall Street dropped big time last night because the players are still waiting for the other ...

Other play factors

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... could sweep Australia up and over or down and under. So while we may be sick of the game of chicken politicians in Washington are still playing and the Europeans' sport of kick the can, I bet you that RBA Governor Glen Stevens is losing many nights of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... at 3.7 billion shares. LONDON - European equities were mixed with investors focused on the debt-ceiling struggle in Washington and debt crisis contagion in Europe. Stock market investors shunned equities as they sought to lessen their risk exposure amid ...

No way USA can't repay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... alongside the words "debt ceiling" oh so close to D-day. Frankly, I'm getting sick of watching this game of chicken that Washington's playing. And if you're watching the markets instead of reading the headlines, you'll be asking yourself what the F it's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... to 4,530.4, while the broader All Ordinaries index dropped 70.3 points, or 1.5 per cent, to 4,603.8. NEW YORK - The Washington deadlock over raising the US debt ceiling sent stocks tumbling on Monday, as the August 2 date to avoid a government debt default ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... NEW YORK - US stocks fell slightly on Wednesday as investors waited for a resolution to the debt-ceiling standoff in Washington and digested a mixed bag of second-quarter earnings reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 15.51 points (0.12 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... weaker, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,4539.9. NEW YORK - US stocks took a beating on Monday as the debt-ceiling battle in Washington and the broadening debt crisis in Europe weighed on investor confidence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 94.57 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... stock market from having its worst week in nearly a year. Investors seemed to largely ignore the ongoing debate in Washington over raising the country's borrowing limit. Troubling questions over Europe's financial health and manufacturing in the US weighed ...