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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2007
... 1,467.67. The Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 36.08 points, or 1.44 per cent, to 2,547.33. LONDON - The FTSE 100 index of Britain's leading shares ended down 0.57 per cent after commodities weighed on the market, but M&A activity continued to provide ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
... points, or 2.66 per cent, to 1,433.06. The Nasdaq Composite Index sank 64.73 points, or 2.51 per cent, to 2,511.25. LONDON - Britain's top share index dipped 1.2 per cent as tame US jobs and services activity data renewed concerns over the health of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007
... 2,562.24. For the week, the Dow fell 4.2 per cent, the S&P dropped 4.9 per cent and the Nasdaq declined 4.7 per cent. LONDON - Britain's index of top 100 shares finished lower after flipping in and out of positive territory as interest rate worries and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
... or 2.33 percent to 1,482.66 and the Nasdaq Composite Index was down 48.83 points or 1.84 per cent at 2,599.34. LONDON - Britain's index of top 100 shares fell in the largest one-day decline since March, 2003, a fall triggered by the dismal credit situation ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... or 0.47 per cent at 1,518.09 and the Nasdaq Composite Index was up 8.31 points or 0.31 per cent to 2,648.17. LONDON - Britain's index of top 100 shares struck a three-month low, with financial stocks hurt by the concern over the US economy and miners ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
... or 0.49 per cent to 1,541.57 and the Nasdaq Composite Index was up 2.98 points, or 0.11 per cent, to 2,690.58. LONDON - Britain's top share index ended higher ahead of corporate results, as concern surrounding the subprime mortgage market in the US was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
... week, the Dow slipped 0.4 per cent, the S&P 500 index lost 1.2 per cent and the Nasdaq dropped 0.7 per cent. LONDON - Britain's index of leading shares suffered a fall on Friday after the US indices also took a hit, but gains for financial services group ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
... or 0.76 per cent, to close at 2,720.04, after earlier hitting 2,724.74, its highest in six and a half years. LONDON - Britain's top share index snapped a three-day losing streak to close up 1.1 per cent as Vodafone's forecast-beating results and a rebound ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... finish at 1,546.17. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 12.80 points, or 0.47 per cent, to close at 2,699.49. LONDON - Britain's top share index fell more than one percent as downbeat comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hit global equities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
... close at 2,712.29, after climbing intraday to 2,719.94, its highest in six-and-a-half years. LONDON - The FTSE 100 of Britain's leading shares ended down 0.6 per cent as inflation data increased apprehensions about possible interest rate rises, while ...