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Independence Day for the US economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... climbing steadily towards the dotcom high established in March 2000. Wall Street's jump was reportedly due to Independence Day for the US economy - that is, last night's payroll stats - employment increased by larger-than-expected 288K in June (that ...

So good but for the wrong spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... shining, the sky is blue and the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker appears to have celebrated America's 'Independence Day' three-days early. You'd be jingling your bells and singing hallelujah too, Virginia, when you look at what happened ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... day of substantial gains that has marked the first week of the financial year. US markets were closed for the Independence Day holiday overnight, and local investors have followed market gains in Europe, where the European Central Bank said it remained ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... index was up 53.2 points, or 1.13 per cent, to 4,781.0 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street was closed for the US' Independence Day public holiday. LONDON - European shares prices rallied and the euro plummeted against the US dollar after the eurozone and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... the market. Offshore leads were mixed with Wall St posting modest gains in a shortened session ahead of the US Independence Day holiday. But, European stocks were down. "There is no real major reason to be driving it this hard. As far as we're seeing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... benchmark FTSE 100 index was essentially unchanged at 5,684.47 points. US markets were closed for the July 4 Independence Day public holiday. Prior to the close in a holiday-shortened trading session, shares were boosted by reports of strong June sales ...

Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... merry (or gloomy?) way. But it doesn't! Soon after, we'll be waiting for Wall Street to come back from their Independence Day holiday to see their reaction to these decisions. And then we wait some more. Wait for the release of the US non-farm payrolls ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... Tuesday GMT (0300 Wednesday AEST), after only three and a half hours, to allow for travel ahead of the July 4th Independence Day holiday. At the finish, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 72.05 points (0.56 per cent) to 12,943.44. European stocks ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... closed at 1700 GMT (0300 AEST), after only three and a half hours, to allow for travel ahead of the July 4th Independence Day holiday. At the finish the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 72.05 points (0.56 per cent) to 12,943.44. The S&P 500-stock ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... driven early gains on the market, but that momentum had been lost by noon. Wall St was closed overnight for the Independence Day public holiday in the US. "We've seen that positive move start to fade at the moment and the Asian markets are mostly flat ...