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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... gained 110.2 points, or 2.62 per cent, to 4,313.6 points. NEW YORK - US stocks rose Monday on strong earnings from Caterpillar, a spate of merger activity, and signs that Europe is making progress in tackling the eurozone debt crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... Tuesday after the market closes, with Alcoa the first Dow component to report. Alcoa leaped 3.9 per cent Monday, while Caterpillar jumped 4.8 per cent. Financials benefited from hopes that Europe will boost the capital of its banks suffering from the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... over its sales of faulty mortgage-backed securities prior to 2008. Aluminum giant Alcoa dropped 11.4 per cent, while Caterpillar fell 9.2 per cent. LONDON - Global stocks took another pounding as worries over the downgrade of US debt outweighed relief ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... closely-watched report on US manufacturing added to concerns about the weakness of the world's largest economy. Shares of Caterpillar, the industrial conglomerate widely seen as an economic bellwether, gained 2.0 per cent for the day, while pharmaceuticals ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... 4,674.1 points. NEW YORK - Mixed earnings reports - with General Electric and McDonald's beating expectations, while Caterpillar fell short - held back US markets on Friday, though Microsoft gave Nasdaq a solid boost. Caterpillar's poor quarter helped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... yields for Spanish and Portuguese government debt. On Wall Street, blue-chip industrial stocks performed well, with Caterpillar and DuPont leading the Dow with gains of 1.5 per cent and 1.4 per cent, respectively. Financial stocks were battered, with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... in their plan to prevent a Greek default, which could have potentially devastating consequences for Europe's banks. Caterpillar, whose stock is seen as highly sensitive to economic news, was the strongest performer on the Dow's roster of 30 blue-chip ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... Chamber of Commerce in Australia luncheon in Sydney on Changing the Way People Buy and Sell Cars, and the president of Caterpillar Global Mining, Chris Curfman, speaks at a Melbourne Mining Club lunch. In Australia on Wednesday, profit-takers descended ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... dropped 279.65 points (2.22 per cent) to 12,290.14, with all 30 of the blue chips in the losing column, led by Alcoa and Caterpillar, both down 4.3 per cent. Mr Chatterton said the gold price remained buoyant and would probably strengthen on Thursday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... blue-chip Dow, ExxonMobil, the biggest component, gained 0.8 per cent at $81.96, while construction equipment giant Caterpillar jumped 1.7 per cent to $103.25. Bond prices fell slightly. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.13 per cent from ...