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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... Billiton had declined 27 cents to $38.58 and Rio Tinto fell 54 cents, or 0.83 per cent, to $64.48. On Tuesday, the Dow Jones index added 14.21 points, or 0.14 per cent, to 9,882.17.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... predicted a reading of 53.1. IBM boosted the Dow Jones Industrial index by doubling its stock repurchase fund. The Dow Jones index added 14.21 points, or 0.14 per cent, to 9,882.17. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 3.54 points, or 0.33 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... lower at 4682 points on a volume of 8486 contracts. CommSec market analyst Juliette Saly said losses on the US' Dow Jones index overnight weighed on the local market in early trade but bank stocks were driving a recovery to almost neutral territory. ...

FTSE launches Asian sector indices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
Financial planners can access specific Asian sectors such as oil and gas, chemicals and health care for clients after FTSE Group released 18 new sector indices that target the region. This series of indices provide access to countries included on the ...

Local funds hold firm on US equities

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
Super funds are holding firm on their exposure to US equities despite the Dow Jones Index slipping below 7,000, its lowest level in more than a decade. Melbourne based investment consultancy, JANA Investment Advisers head of investment outcomes, Ken ...

The Ides of March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... settle down - albeit, ever so slightly - for equity markets, wham! The bottom looks like it has again vanished. The Dow Jones index pierced below the 7,000 support level overnight as it shed 4.2 per cent of its value. The S&P 500 posted its lowest close ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... cents to $28.89, Westpac fell 16 cents to $16.16, and ANZ decreased 17 cents to $12.29. In the US overnight, the Dow Jones index dropped 250.89, or 3.41 per cent, to 7,114.78, the lowest level since May 1997. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 26.72 ...

Dow Jones launches Islamic ASEAN index

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Dow Jones Indexes has launched the Dow Jones Islamic Market (DJIM) ASEAN Index - the first of its kind that represents the performance of Shari'ah-compliant companies in six of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... overnight performance as "workmanlike" after its eleven per cent gain the previous day. A last-minute dive on the Dow Jones index wiped out earlier gains following the Federal Reserve's half-point interest rate cut. "It's been a really positive day today ...

HFs continue to outperform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... Return and MSCI World Equity indices which lost 8.91 per cent and 12.08 per cent respectively. Just last week, the Dow Jones index was down 20 per cent and the All Ordinaries index lost 9 per cent for the week to October 10 against the hedge fund index ...