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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... lowest levels seen in more than two years. NEW YORK - US online sales rose 33 per cent on the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, a report by a sales tracking agency says. DALLAS - American Airlines' parent company AMR has filed for Chapter ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... ploughed into now cheap markets. On the positive side, the markets cheered strong US retail sales after the Thanksgiving holiday. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies rose 2.87 per cent to 5,312.76 points. In Paris, the CAC-40 soared 5.46 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... has received mixed, flat leads from offshore trade over the weekend, with US markets subdued following the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. On the ASX24 at 0635 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was 21 points lower at 4,576. In economics ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... taking a lighter approach today." Trade on the local market was subdued after Wall Street was closed for the Thanksgiving holiday overnight, Mr Taylor said. But European markets were mainly higher overnight. London's FTSE 100 index added 0.74 per cent ...

Fear and thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
Blame it on the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in America. Financial markets are running around like headless Turkeys trying to find the nearest exit away from the oven. There was heavy selling on Wall Street overnight and then... buy backs. At lot of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... Industrial Average fell 154.48 points, or 1.48 per cent, to 10,309.92 as Wall Street returned from Thursday's Thanksgiving holiday. All 30 Dow components ended in the red after the blue-chip index closed on Wednesday at its highest level since October ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... had fallen 13.4 points, or 0.28 per cent, to 4,727.6. NEW YORK - Wall Street was closed overnight for the Thanksgiving holiday. Markets reopen on Friday night. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 30.69 points, or 0.29 per cent, to settle ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... claims to the lowest level of the year and a rise in new home sales. Trading volume was thin ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, which can exacerbate swings in the market. The US government said new claims for unemployment insurance fell by 35,000 last ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... adviser Chris Kimber said the market had moved very little since open with the US preparing to close for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. "The market's a little bit boring at the moment with Thanksgiving in the US tomorrow and the half day on Friday," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... Ordinaries gained 48.6 points, or 1.4 per cent, at 3528.2. NEW YORK - Wall Street was closed overnight for the Thanksgiving holiday. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 247.14 points, or 2.91 per cent, to 8,726.61, while the Standard ...