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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... Affordability report for the March quarter is released along with the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment for May. Agribusiness AWB Ltd reveals its interim results and Lihir Gold Ltd, Iluka Resources Ltd and Portman Ltd hold annual ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
... YORK - US stocks slumped on Friday after surprisingly weak earnings from General Electric Co and data showing consumer sentiment at a 26-year low fed fears the economy is in recession. Shares of GE, viewed as an economic bellwether because of the range ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... market had started strongly on the back of firmer resource stocks, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment had dragged the market down. "This is the third month in a row that the sentiment has been down," Mr Campbell said. Bank stocks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... share price index at 0705 AEST was up 45 points at 5673. In the news today, the Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment for April will be released. US Environmental Protection Agency chief executive Stephen Johnson will talk on issues of environmental ...

The looming inflationary upswing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... "There is tentative evidence that some moderation in household demand is beginning to occur, with business and consumer sentiment softer recently, and household credit demand slowing somewhat." But coming on the same day as news stories that water and ...

Wage costs jump 4.3 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... appeared to be concentrated among large retailers, whose sales were rising rapidly. It was noted, however, that consumer sentiment had fallen sharply in January," they said. Reflecting this retail activity, the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... Day holiday. The Dow and Nasdaq both slipped on Friday on concerns about consumer spending after an index of consumer sentiment fell to a 16-year low and retailer Best Buy warned that shopper traffic dropped off after the holidays. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... than expected provisioning for bad corporate debts. US equity markets were mixed following a low outcome for a consumer sentiment survey. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 25 points to 5580.6 while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... 5679.8. NEW YORK - The Dow and Nasdaq slipped on Friday on concerns about consumer spending after an index of consumer sentiment fell to a 16-year low and retailer Best Buy warned that shopper traffic dropped off after the holidays. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... well." Mr Solar said the release today of Australian housing finance data and the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Survey had little impact on the market.