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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 ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... first quarter 2011 earnings result from other "growth-drivers of the economy". Here are my four for your four: Alcoa, Caterpillar, Intel, JP Morgan. "Defensive stocks outperforming. The best performers lately include utility companies American Water ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... 53.3 points, or 1.08 per cent, to 4,899. NEW YORK - US stocks rose modestly on Friday, with Dow blue chips spurred by Caterpillar's earnings while the Nasdaq struggled after lacklustre Microsoft results and a poor Research in Motion forecast. Despite ...

Experts bullish on US despite debt gloom

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... corporations had shed staff and cut wages drastically in the height of the crisis making them far more profitable. Caterpillar, Schlumberger and stocks in the materials, energy and infrastructure sectors were a good bet along with tech stocks that addressed ...