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Midday market wrap: Australian shares a little higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2003
... and BHP Billiton were also higher. The Australian bond market opened weaker in line with losses overnight in the US Treasuries market, the yield on the 10-year bond rising 7 points to 5.35%. The Australian dollar was rangebound in morning trade, trading ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks, bonds modestly higher

... story continues to unfold in UK markets, with the FTSE 100 eking out a 6.8 point (0.2%) gain to close at 4,086.5. US Treasuries ended a little higher, supported by soothing comments from two high-ranking Federal Reserve officials. The yield on the 10-year ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares follow US markets higher

... on last night's close of $US0.6525. The Australian bond market also opened stronger, following gains overnight in US Treasuries and ahead of the June quarter CPI. The yield on the 10-year bond was 7 points lower at 5.34%. The ABS said the CPI was unchanged ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares and bonds both stronger

... fell 4c to $4.92. The favourable data had little impact on bonds, which earlier opened up on strength overnight in US Treasuries. The yield on the benchmark 10-year government bond ended the day at 5.31%, down from 5.41% at yesterday's close. The Australian ...

Midday market wrap: Australian bonds weaker

The Australian bond market opened sharply weaker, following a large sell-off overnight in US Treasuries. The yield on the benchmark May 2013 bond jumped 14 basis points to 5.46%, while the yield on the November 2006 bond rose 8 points to 4.84%. US bonds ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares struggle towards the black

... market was also narrowly mixed, with the 10-year bond gaining support from a modest strengthening in longer-dated US Treasuries overnight. All Ordinaries 3064.9 -2.6 NASDAQ 1698.02 -49.95 Dow Jones 9050.82 -43.77 FTSE-100 4056.60 -20.50 Hang Seng 10050.87 ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks succumb to profit-taking

... in London the FTSE 100 also drifted lower, losing 18.9 points (0.5%) to end the day at 4,054.7. In other markets, US Treasuries posted a second consecutive day of modest gains. The yield on the 10-year bond fell 4 points to 3.68% after the successful ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks up in late trade

... activity in coming months. Markets were also helped by the dismissal of lawsuits against four major US broking firms. US Treasuries weakened as stocks recovered, the yield on the benchmark 10-year bond rising 5 points to 3.55%. The US dollar weakened ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks gain amid signs of strengthening recovery

... mounted broad-based gains overnight, amid further evidence growth is poised to strengthen in the second half. But US Treasuries continued to weaken as investors bet the cycle of interest rate cuts may be finished and as General Motors announced a record ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks sink after Fed decision

... the yield on the 10-year Treasury rising 12 points to 3.25%. Yields backed up more sharply at the shorter end of the Treasuries curve. But the US dollar strengthened against most major currencies, including a 0.5% gain against the euro. The European ...