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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street despite disappointing US jobs data. At 0845 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 37 points at 5,159. The US Labor Department said the economy ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... Australian market looks set to open higher, despite a negative lead from Wall Street which fell following disappointing US jobs data. At 0900 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 14 points at 5,032. The US economy added ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... the economy added 203,000 jobs. LONDON - European stock markets posted solid gains following unexpectedly strong US jobs data, despite this raising the odds that the Federal Reserve could soon reduce its huge stimulus injections. London's benchmark FTSE ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... jobs. LONDON - European shares ended mixed after a rollercoaster session marked by France's credit downgrade and US jobs data. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index climbed 0.17 per cent to close at 6,708.42 points, while Frankfurt's DAX 30 however slid ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mostly down, while the US dollar sank after weaker-than-expected US jobs data raised expectations the Federal Reserve will keep its stimulus program in place. The September report out of Washington showed ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... "rather encouraging". LONDON - Europe's main stock markets rose and the euro soared as investors interpreted lacklustre US jobs data as a sign that the Fed will maintain its stimulus policy intact. At close, Frankfurt's DAX 30 climbed 0.90 per cent to ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... KONG - Asian markets closed mostly higher following a bounce on Wall Street that was fuelled by better-than-forecast US jobs data. However, trading is tentative as US lawmakers remain unable to reach agreement over a budget just days before a deadline ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... Australian market looks set to open higher on the first day following the federal election and after disappointing US jobs data prompted little change on Wall Street at the end of the week. The US Labor Department said the world's biggest economy added ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... to 7.4 per cent from 7.6 per cent in June. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets mostly shrugged off disappointing US jobs data suggesting the recovery in the world's top economy isn't as strong as hoped. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares dropped ...

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LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... bond-buying program, but only when the economy improves. LONDON - European shares advanced on unexpectedly positive US jobs data and more expected testimony from US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke that he had no preset plans to wind down stimulus. ...