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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... to 3,840.15 points. HONG KONG - Asian markets climbed following another record breaking close for Wall Street's Dow Jones index, while Tokyo hit its highest level since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008. Tokyo closed up 2.64 per cent, or 315.54 ...

Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... "Why the Dow peaks and the ASX doesn't?" That didn't take long did it? Not even 24 hours have passed since the Dow Jones Index reclaimed and surpassed its previous all-time high and here we Aussies are suffering from 'the grass is greener on the other ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... market continues to trade erratically. Recent trading has seen large double or triple-digit moves alternate in the Dow Jones index since the index breached 14,000 last Friday. LONDON - Most major European stock markets have fallen but London has eked ...

Better days are getting happier

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... night. Better days are getting happier. Happy days are getting better. Wall Street is happy and it knows it. The Dow Jones Index closed at its highest level since 2007 and the S&P 500 Index ended above 1,400 points (1,402.60) to be precise) - the first ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... senior client adviser and strategist Michael Heffernan said a late fall on Wall Street overnight, leaving the Dow Jones index just 7.65 points higher for the session, probably led the way for slight losses on the local market. "The IMF growth downgrade ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
The Australian share market was higher at noon, extending gains from early trade after US President Barack Obama delivered a highly-anticipated speech on his plan to stimulate the US economy. The local bourse opened slightly higher on Friday, despite ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... "We certainly underperformed Wall St over the course of last week and indeed over the course of April, with the Dow Jones index up 4 per cent over the month. "We've seen some pretty good gains coming through from most of the major players today though. ...

Dow Jones drops BP from indices

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
Oil giant BP has been struck from the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes due to the Gulf of Mexico disaster. Dow Jones Indexes and Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) dropped BP from the indices as part of its rules on extraordinary events. "The extent ...

Tiger year ushers investors to China

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... product following investor feedback, said Wu. The previous year of the Golden Tiger was 1950, a year that saw the Dow Jones Index gain significantly and end the year on a high, according to the 16th CLSA Feng Shui Index. Typical of Tiger-years however ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... January from 53.6 in December. It was the third straight increase and its highest level in more than a year. The Dow Jones index was also boosted by a rise in insurer Travelers Cos, after it said an absence of catastrophe costs and a recovery in its ...