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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... $US1.3012 from $US1.3038 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose after a US Federal Reserve official moved to soothe fears the bank would wind up its stimulus program too soon. Japan's Nikkei index led the gains as the US ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... digested news of an unexpected drop in German unemployment, solid data from the US and comments from a top Federal Reserve official that the central bank would not hastily end its stimulus program.. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the September share price index ...

Sinking emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
We waited...and waited...and waited. All of last week we waited to get a better handle on whether it's gonna be taper on or taper off, after the latest update on the US labour market. But nah. While Wall Street rallied following the release of the US ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... $55.24, National Australia Bank dropped three cents to $25.55 and Westpac lost 10 cents to $24.44. A Federal Reserve official's doubts about a positive impact of the QE3 stimulus pulled the rug from under US stock markets, sending them lower after strong ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street after a Federal Reserve official said QE3 would likely do little to spur the US economy. At 0749 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down ...

Lucky in so many ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
We all know the drill. Once Europe's back in the headlines, markets suffer a case of the jitters. When they do, they begin hoping that a QE fix would soon be in the offing. Homer (the cartoon, not the Greek epic poet and author of the Iliad and the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... New Zealand dollar has risen to a three-week high on signs the local economy is picking up and after a Federal Reserve official suggested the US recovery is becoming "more established".

Nothing happened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
There's some peace and quiet around financial markets overnight. There was no news convincing enough to direct investor traffic one way or another. But the blogomentaries on Wall Street this morning has got my goose. You don't have to go pass Bloomberg's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... average had its biggest one-day points drop since February 2009. The market got some confirmation from a Federal Reserve official that Europe's problems could be a "potentially serious setback". Fed Governor Daniel Tarullo said that if the debt crisis ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
The Australian stock market has received positive leads from overseas, with Wall Street's key stock indices higher and commodities prices firmer. At 0810 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was up 20 points at ...