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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... per cent, to 1,445.55. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 3.56 points, or 0.14 per cent, to close at 2,508.59. LONDON - Britain's index of top 100 shares continued to recover, with miners offering assistance, although the rises were limited by remaining ...

Fed shoots from the hip

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2007
... US and Europe soaring ending days of losses with the Dow Jones closing more than 1.8 per cent or 233 points higher and Britain's FTSE 100 hiking 3.5 per cent gaining 205 points to end the week. After local stocks took a 4 per cent freefall last week ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2007
... points or 2.46 per cent to 1,445.94. The Nasdaq Composite Index added 53.96 points, or 2.20 per cent, to 2,505.03. LONDON - Britain's index of leading shares recorded the greatest one-day gained since early 2003, coming back after striking 11-month lows ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... or 0.32 per cent, at 1,411.27. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 7.76 points, or 0.32 per cent, at 2,451.07. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index tumbled four per cent, its biggest daily decline since March 2003, as intensified credit market fears fuelled ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... per cent for the year. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 40.29 points, or 1.61 per cent, to close at 2,458.83. LONDON - Britain's leading share index ended down, but trimmed earlier losses as inflation data lifted housebuilders and property stocks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2007
... 43.12 points, or 1.70 per cent, to 2,499.12, closing below the 2,500 mark for the first time since April 13. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index fell 1.2 per cent as credit market fears returned to global equities, but Scottish & Newcastle rose on hopes ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... declined 11.60 points, or 0.45 per cent, to close at 2,544.89. Earlier, the Nasdaq had fallen as low as 2,503.16. LONDON - Britain's top share index tumbled nearly four per cent, its biggest fall in more than four years, as a lending squeeze that forced ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
... since the February 27 sell-off. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 56.49 points, or 2.16 per cent, to 2,556.49. LONDON - Britain's top share index tumbled nearly two per cent after BNP Paribas froze redemptions from three funds over subprime trouble, spooking ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
... 51.38 points, or 2.01 per cent, to 2,612.98. The Nasdaq had its biggest one-day percentage advance in 10 months. LONDON - Britain's leading shares ended up 1.35 per cent after US indices traded higher as investors on both sides of the Atlantic welcomed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... or 0.62 per cent, at 1,476.71. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 14.27 points, or 0.56 per cent, at 2,561.60. LONDON - Britain's leading share index rallied nearly two per cent ahead of the US Federal Reserve's interest rate verdict, as investors scooped ...