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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... agencies cutting the triple-A rating on the two companies, which together insure more than $US1 trillion in bonds. Wall Street initially rallied after US central bank slashed a key interest rate by a half-percentage point to help keep the world's largest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher with with base metal prices jumping and Wall Street making gains as interest-rate-sensitive shares were snapped up by investors. The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) continues its two-day ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... make another 50 basis points cut in interest rates. All three major stock indices gained more than one per cent on Wall Street overnight. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 176.72 points, or 1.45 per cent, to 12,383.89, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher as Wall Street gained ground on the prospect that the US central bank will lift interest rates again and base metal prices generally were up. The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets tonight ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... Australian share market continued to extended its comeback at noon after Tuesday's slide, following a positive lead from Wall Street and higher commodity prices. At 1215 AEDT the S&P/ASX200 index was up 166.9 points, or 2.99 per cent, to 5,747.3 and ...

Oil sours economic rally

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... over companies. The sharp rise in GCC fortunes is expected to reignite Middle East's sovereign wealth funds stakes in Wall Street banks. But rather than injecting foreign capital now, there's growing concern that Gulf money will stay in the region until ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... share price index futures contract was up 76 points at 5,619. The Australian share market jumped again yesterday after Wall Street surged overnight amid general market acceptance of the US Federal Reserve's surprise interest rate cut on Tuesday. The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... Global investors braced themselves for another big day of losses amid recession fears. But the glimmer of hope from Wall Street sent the local bourse more than six per cent higher at open, settling back to a rise of more than four per cent at noon. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... posted its biggest single day fall in over 10 years. Most major European markets rebounded overnight and losses on Wall Street were limited by a surprise 75 basis point cut in interest rates by the US Federal Reserve. Base and precious metals were higher ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
The Australian stock market was sharply lower at noon, dragged down by losses on Wall Street on Friday caused by lingering recession fears. At 1212 AEDT the S&P/ASX200 index was down 103.6 points to 5,643.7 and the All Ordinaries had shed 104.4 points ...