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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell on poor Black Friday sales and a China manufacturing slowdown. At 0819 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 15 points at 5,227. US sales came in less ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... lower after breaking a six-week slump with solid gains last week, with the jury still out over how strong the crucial Black Friday holiday sales went for retailers. Five minutes into trade on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 74.27 points ...

Giving thanks to thanksgiving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... you'll be smiling more. And it might already be multiplying. You may have already read about the weaker-than-expected 'Black Friday' shopping in America. ShopperTrak reports that Black Friday sales were down 1.8% over the same day last year. Then again ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... that the holiday shopping season was off to a good start, with retail behemoth Walmart calling it the "best ever" Black Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 172.79 points (1.35 per cent) at 13,009.70. The broad-market S&P 500 index advanced ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... trade in a range between 107.30 US cents and 108.00 cents on Monday. NEW YORK - The Dow blue chips closed in the black Friday to end the week higher but the Nasdaq took a turn lower pulled down in part by a sharp fall in the share price of leading biotech ...

Those tight Aussies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... thing! US consumers would be dipping more into their savings and goin' a-shoppin'. This is also consistent with the Black Friday sales witnessed in the US last week. According to Bloomberg, "Black Friday sales increased 6.6 percent to the largest amount ...

Shopping till unemployment drops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... fatigue" -- a term coined by the Wall Street Journal on 3 December 2010 when it reported on the better-than-expected Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) sales. This is what the WSJ printed at the time: "After several years of relative thrift, consumers ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... it was important to determine the exposure of Australian companies to the moratorium before reacting. "This is a black Friday for investors," Ms Chan said. "It's been a blow to market sentiment and confidence has been shaken. "I'm not going to pre-empt ...
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