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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... 3.34 points (0.32 per cent) to settle at 1,027.37. Before the opening bell, the Labor Department said initial claims for jobless benefits rose to 472,000 in the week ending June 26, an increase of 13,000 from the previous week. Adding to the ill feeling ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... sight, and we've forgotten about the resources super profit tax for the morning." Higher exports from China and lower US jobless claims helped relieve nervousness on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average index closing 2.76 per cent higher. ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... just decided to focus on the filled portion of the half-empty glass. Take a look at the US stats released last night. Jobless claims dropped to 456,000 in the week ended 5 June. This is higher than the expected fall to 450,000 claims and confirms that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... Thursday after positive economic news raised hopes for the global recovery. A jump in Chinese exports and a drop in US jobless claims helped ease anxiety about the global economic recovery and push the Dow Jones Industrial Average above the 10,000-point ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... market players cheered a labour force report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), which showed the nation's jobless rate fell to 5.2 per cent in May, with the economy adding 26,900 jobs in the month. The ASX/S&P200 was trading at 4,415.6 points ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... workers have found jobs in May. If accurate, this would be the biggest one-month hiring since 1983. Positive reports on jobless claims and private employment certainly added to market confidence that this prediction achievable. Initial claims for jobless ...

Silver lining

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... would counterbalance the loss of the tax credit. Similarly, improving labour market conditions in America would help. Sure jobless claims remains elevated - and one that could spark another sell-off tomorrow should another negative reading eventuates ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... downward government revision of first-quarter US economic growth and a smaller-than-expected decline in weekly initial jobless benefits claims. Market sentiment gained a boost from China's reassurances that it was not considering cutting its holdings ...

Freaked out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... negative news aligned to create a perfect storm forcing already nervous investors to flee risk assets. Bad news 1: US jobless claims rose by 25,000 to 471,000 in the week ended 15 May. Much was made of the observation that this figure was the highest ...

Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... more sustainable recovery. Make no mistake -- this is a positive report... even if you account for the increase in the jobless rate to 9.9 per cent in April from 9.7 per cent in the previous month. Now I'm pushing it, you say. Not really. Because if ...