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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... Friday, the Australian share market held on to its early gains sparked by positive offshore leads to post its first weekly gain in three weeks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index added 18 points, or 0.38 per cent, to 4,694.2, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
Ain't this just a swell way to start a fresh month? I can almost hear equity markets around the globe singing, "Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time I feel alive and the world it's turning inside out Yeah! I'm floating around in ecstasy So ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... to 3674. NEW YORK - US stocks shrugged off a dismal March jobs report to end higher on Friday, capping their fourth weekly gain amid market expectations that the economic contraction is easing. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 39.51 points, or 0.5 ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... by the equity markets' strong performance last week where many of the indices - if not all - spiked to their best weekly gain since November 2008. News reports and data remained woeful and those that improved, only changed ever so slightly. What has ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... to $29.15 and rival Rio Tinto gained $2.23, or 4.88 per cent, to $47.93. Copper prices rose on Friday to take the weekly gain to nearly 10 per cent, as another drop in stockpiles resuscitated hopes of a demand pick-up in China. Copper for May delivery ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
... firmly in the black on Friday, driven by a resurgent resources sector after the commodities index posted its biggest weekly gain in 33 years. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 56.2 points, or 1.15 per cent, to 4,931.4, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... to end at 14,049.26, its highest close since January 11. It rose 185.79 points during the week, posting the seventh weekly gain this year. HONG KONG - Stocks rose, tracking strong Asian and US shares, as lower oil prices boosted energy firms such as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher this morning following gains on Wall Street and stronger base metals prices on Friday. At 0722 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was 90 points higher at 5,694. Today ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... estate investment trust. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index closed down 24.6 points, or 0.43 per cent, at 5,692.9, for a weekly gain of 197.7 points. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6,559.9 points, down 18.16 or 0.28 per cent, a gain of 239.91 points from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... Ltd The benchmark Nikkei ended down 3.89 points at 13,622.56. The index rose 605.32 points for the week, its first weekly gain this year. HONG KONG - Stocks erased earlier losses to post a four-day winning streak, as oversold sectors like shipping prompted ...