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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... Jones Industrial Average slumped 62.44 points (0.51 per cent) to settle at 12,240.11. It has now fallen for five straight trading days amid jitters over the debt-ceiling deadlock. The broader S&P 500 fell 4.22 points (0.32 per cent) to 1,300.67, while ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... market remains lower as fears over a pending US sovereign debt default pulled Asia markets down, with all local sectors trading in the red. By 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 49.9 points, or 1.1 per cent, at 4,487.5, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... early morning session, on renewed concern about Europe's debt crisis. At 0700 AEST on Thursday, the Australian dollar was trading at 110.23 US cents, down from 110.55 US cents on Wednesday. The domestic currency reached 110.81 cents overnight, the highest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... Jones industrial average fell 91.50 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 12,501.30. The Dow was already down 40 points in afternoon trading and lost another 50 after the White House threatened to veto the House legislation. It was the Dow's third straight day ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
The Australian share market has received negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with markets falling as US policy-makers continue to search for a resolution of the country's immediate debt problem. At 0728 AEST, the local September share price ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... on raising the government's debt ceiling and avoiding a default was the focus among market players at the start of the trading week. "We are coming down to the wire," Mr Smith said. "Will they play this right to the end or will common sense prevail? ...

Net-net, it's still good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... have provided even better earnings guidance into the future. It is clear that valuations are attractive. The S&P 500 is trading at a P/E ratio of around 12.8 times - a discount to its long-term average of 14-15 times earnings. The S&P 500 has an earnings ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... by more that one per cent, to $14.73. Turnover at 1202 AEST was 1.05 billion shares, worth $2 billion, with 589 shares trading higher, 302 lower, and 317 were steady.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... resolve the Greek debt crisis, ahead of a crucial 17-country summit. At 1200 AEST on Thursday, the Australian dollar was trading at 107.48 US cents, up from 107.37 US cents at close on Wednesday. Since 0700 AEST on Thursday, the local unit traded between ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... 3,408.371 points, up 16.349, or 0.482 per cent, following a gain of 6.1 points on Tuesday in the wake of 10 successive trading days of decline. Bargain-hunters seeking out stocks they regarded as oversold during that slump caused the prices of 49 stocks ...