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Can't hear you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... billion-euro (US$17 billion) aid payment to Greece next month. Bloomberg explains Wall Street performance with the headline, "U.S. Stocks Rise as Higher-Than-Forecast Profits Overshadow Economic Data," citing the 8.6 per cent jump Tiffany - "the second-largest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... at 4,660.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index was 73.5 points higher, by 1.58 per cent, at 4,735.1. NEW YORK - US stocks ended higher on Thursday after a morning slump, with Nasdaq tech stocks outperforming while the Dow's blue chips gave a feeble ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was 38 points higher at 4,627, with 8,715 contracts traded. US stocks posted modest gains on Wednesday, snapping a three-day losing streak, as the market proved resilient to disappointing manufacturing ...

Just replace because with despite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... over the past so many days (weeks?). But what do we see? Splattered all over websites is the return of risk-on trades. Stocks on Wall Street and in Europe closed with plus signs in front of them. The S&P 500 index was plus 0.3 per cent higher at the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... executive Sue Morphet addresses an Australian Institute of Company Directors luncheon in Brisbane. On Wednesday, Australian stocks closed lower for the fourth straight session as offshore worries prompted broad based selling on the local bourse. The ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... Australian share market opened slightly lower, dragged down by European debt concerns but balanced by a surge in oil and energy stocks. At 1013 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 0.8 points lower at 4,628, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... cent, to 4,628.8, while the broader All Ordinaries index dropped 14.6 points, or 0.31 per cent, to 4,708.3. NEW YORK - US stocks edged down on Tuesday as two banks predicted oil prices will rise to $US130 a barrel and data showed the market for new homes ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
Australian stocks were trading lower at noon, extending losses from the open with the financial sector under selling pressure due to concerns about European sovereign debt. At 1203 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 22.7 points, or 0.49 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... luncheon in Melbourne. On Monday, the Australian share market ended the day deeply in the red at a two-month low as finance stocks lost the most ground amid widespread selling. When markets settled, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 89.2 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Australian shares continued to fall from a sharply lower open on Monday, with banks stocks losing the most ground amid widespread selling. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 73.2 points, or 1.55 per cent, at 4,659 points, while the ...