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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... housing industry. A key gauge of homebuilders' confidence sank to a new low this month. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo housing market index released Wednesday afternoon dropped one point to 8 in January. The index was at 9 for ...

More worries for US financials

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... SageCrest Finance filed for bankruptcy protection. Investor sentiment was also dampened by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) homebuilder confidence survey that showed US builder confidence remained at a record low of 16 in August. Housing ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... and interest rates. US: There is little economic data coming out of the US this week. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) housing market index is expected to remain steady at a reading of 16 for August. This will be followed by US housing ...

This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... growth in industrial output has slowed markedly in recent months and is now in negative. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Housing Market Index -- an indicator of home sales and expectations for future home building -- will also be released ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... Index took the edge off fears of an inflationary spurt triggered by soaring energy prices. Shares of retailers and home builders, which benefit from steady to lower borrowing costs, advanced. The S&P retail index rose 1.6 per cent, as Macy's stood by ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... the Dow Jones industrials ended its worst week in nearly five years as investors unloaded shares of financials, home builders and other sectors at the centre of the credit market crisis. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 64.87 points, or 0.53 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
... Federal Reserve interest rate cut to shore up the economy fueled a further recovery in shares of banks, insurers and home builders. Fed policy-setters are due to decide on interest rates on Wednesday, a week after they slashed rates by three-quarters ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... home foreclosures would help ease the housing slump's drag on the economy and underpin profit growth. Shares of home builders, financial services companies and other housing-related companies soared after President George W. Bush unveiled a plan that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... card company American Express and of Goldman Sachs Group Inc, the largest US securities firm, led financials lower. Home builders were another casualty, with the Dow Jones home construction index sliding nearly three per cent. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
... fell on Tuesday as investors booked profits following a record reached in the previous session, but bank stocks and home builders gained as investors bet the worst of the credit squeeze may be over. The flow of cash into equities slowed a day after the ...