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Morning market wrap: US shares regain lost ground

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2003
... Colgate-Palmolive Co., also lent comfort to investors that the risk of broad-based disappointments may finally be receding. In London, markets were buoyed by the strong open to trade in New York. The FTSE 100 ended up 35.4 points at 4,079.7. US bonds ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds continue sell-off

... index falling 27.0 points (1.6%) to 1,681.5. A weak opening in US markets also helped push down the FTSE 100, with the London index closing 28.9 points (0.7%) lower at 4,044.3. On foreign exchange markets, sterling pared back earlier losses following ...

Morning market wrap: US shares make further gains

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2003
... (1.2%) to 1,754.8, the highest level in 15 months. Banking stocks also led the FTSE 100 to its highest close in 3 weeks. The London index rose 69.5 points (1.7%), ending the day at 4,127.6. In other markets, US bonds softened ahead of Fed Chairman Alan ...

Morning market wrap: US shares sharply lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2003
... unemployment benefits also jumped to 439,000, while the level of continuing claims was also the highest since 1983. In London the FTSE 100 closed lower for the third day in a row, the index shedding 25.9 points to finish at 4,028.8. US Treasury yields ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks succumb to profit-taking

... 5.6 points (0.6%) to end at 1,002.2. By contrast, the Nasdaq composite index edged up 1.0 point to 1,747.5. Earlier in London the FTSE 100 also drifted lower, losing 18.9 points (0.5%) to end the day at 4,054.7. In other markets, US Treasuries posted ...

Morning market wrap: US Shares up, Australian dollar slumps

... reporting season, announcing results that were slightly better than market forecasts. In other overseas equity markets, London's FTSE 100 finished 1.2 points lower at 4,073.6. The US bond market was a little firmer, following a sustained round of selling ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks jump on improving outlook

... 146.6 points (1.6%) to close at 9,216.8, while the broader S&P 500 rose 18.8 points (1.9%) to finish at 1,004.5. Earlier in London, the FTSE closed a two-week high. The London index rose 53.3 points to end at 4,074.8. In fixed interest markets, the yield ...

Morning market wrap: Investors await re-opening of US markets

... were closed Friday for the Independence Day long weekend, while other major international share markets traded quietly. London's FTSE 100 ended down 3.3 points at 4,021.5, with heightened competition concerns propelling the telecommunications sector ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks sag on mixed economic data

... 8.1 points (0.8%) to close at 985.7. The Nasdaq composite index slipped 15.3 points (0.9%) to 1,663.5 points. Earlier in London the FTSE managed to hold above 4,000 despite the mixed US data. Gains in drug shares helped the UK index rise 17.9 points ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks up on better earnings outlook

... The Commerce Department also reported factory orders rose 0.4% in May, slightly stronger than expectations. Earlier in London, the FTSE 100 closed back above 4,000, a 43.0 point gain leaving the index at 4,006.9. Despite the rally in stocks, US bonds ...