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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down 41 points at 5,381. The US Department of Labor reported the US economy added 192,000 jobs in March, essentially meeting expectations and suggesting a continuation of the trend of slow but steady ...

Front-runners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... from Feb but has not bettered expectations for a 197K gain and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.7% -- good the US economy's momentum still has traction but not good enough to prompt the Fed to bring forward interest rate hikes which is... errr ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... ahead of tomorrow's non-farm payroll report," Charles Schwab & Co said. The Labor Department is expected to show the US economy added 195,000 jobs in March, up from 175,000 in February, and the unemployment rate ticked down to 6.6 per cent from 6.7 per ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... 4,268.04. Art Hogan, chief market strategist at Wunderlich Securities, said investors feel more reassured about the US economy after "better" data, including a report Tuesday from the Institute for Supply Management that showed US manufacturing activity ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... set to open flat despite strong gains on Wall Street after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen was dovish about the US economy's recovery. At 0855 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up four points at 5,397. The Fed chair's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... 0807 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,341. Data showed that the US economy grew 2.6 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year, expanding more strongly than previously thought. And, US initial jobless ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after a batch of data reinforced optimism that the US economy is recovery. At 0645 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 16 points at 5,313. A measure ...

Calm over Crimea and US houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... weather. Let old man winter take the fall... but to conclude that last night's US housing starts stats were undeniably US economy-positive is like Putin promising he'll stop at Crimea.

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... Industrial Average dropped 0.41 per cent, continuing the fall from last week's gains as investors await new data on the US economy. "The extent of market concerns over China's economy and falling commodity prices looms as the dominant theme for the stock ...

Never good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... comparison. Using the measure the US applies to its economic growth - i.e., annualising the quarterly growth rate - shows the US economy grew by 2.4% in the final quarter of 2013 (remember this is an annualised rate of growth); the eurozone by 1.1% ...