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Morning Market Wrap: Rise expected after mixed night on Wall Street

... $US0.7037 yesterday, on a drive to new six-year highs. It reached a high of $US0.7037 overnight but dropped back to 0.6965 in London. All Ordinaries 3274.1 +0 NASDAQ 1885.51 -12.56 Dow Jones 9613.13 +14.89 FTSE-100 4240.20 -45.40 Hang Seng 11737.18 -501.45 ...

Morning Market Wrap: US key indices up

... dollar was trading at $US0.6911/16 compared with yesterday's close of 0.6933/39. The dollar reached a high of $US0.6952 in London overnight but fell to a low of 0.6912 in New York. The local unit has had a volatile past 24 hours, National Australia Bank ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar weaker; market slow

... Poor's 500 dropped 10.75 points to 1039.32. The technology-packed Nasdaq Composite Index eased 37.78 points to 1912.36. In London, the FTSE 100 share index closed up 4.3 points to 4344.0. All Ordinaries 3303.8 +2.4 NASDAQ 1912.36 -37.78 Dow Jones 9721.79 ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar strong after volatile night

... Poor's 500 Index gained 3.31 points to 1050.07. The tech-laced Nasdaq Composite Index rose 11.04 points to 1950.14. In LONDON, Leading British shares closed lower as buyers paused to look over a mixed bag of US company results and economic data, with ...

ANZ launches proceedings over NHB insurance recovery

... interests of ANZ and its subsidiaries. ANZcover in turn purchases reinsurance from global reinsurers, primarily in the London reinsurance market. ANZ said the insurance claim arose from circumstances in 1992 where the proceeds of nine NHB cheques, totalling ...

Morning Market Wrap: Market to ease on flat lead from US

... broad Standard & Poor's 500 was down 2.72 points at 1046.76, also off a new 52-week high of 1053.79 reached earlier. In LONDON, Top UK shares raced to their best close in over a year, with Intercontinental Hotels and ICI leading as evidence grew a US-led ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: AXS hits 16-month high

... June 19, 2002. The all ordinaries index rose 8.6 points to 3291.6, its highest close since June 10, 2002. "Stronger LME (London Metal Exchange) prices overnight and the expectation of the potentially better economic data later in the week, being the ...

Morning Market Wrap: Gains expected on ASX

... Jones Industrial Average and the broad Standard & Poor's 500 index both posted their highest closes since June, 2002. In LONDON, Demand for insurers and cyclical stocks sent leading UK shares to their highest close in over a year, with insurer Royal ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Solid gain led by News Corp, AMP

... Index was 0.67 of a point lower at 1038.06, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index added 3.41 points to 1915.31. In London, The UK's FTSE 100 share index closed down 2.9 points at 4311.0. All Ordinaries 3283 +16.8 NASDAQ 1915.31 +3.41 Dow Jones ...

AMP shares soar as Mohl details demerger plan

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2003
... defended AMP's decision to retain a 15 per cent stake in the its British business, to be known as HHG and listed on the London stock market by the end of December. He said the stake reflected the amount of capital AMP had had to transfer from its Australian ...