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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... 1,450.99, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite added 15.19, or 0.49 per cent, to 3,135.23 The Institute for Supply Management's services industry PMI showed the crucial sector picking up pace, though hiring remained flat. Payrolls company ADP's private ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... contraction in the manufacturing sector, indicating that the US economy was still sluggish. The Institute for Supply Management index of manufacturing activity stood at 49.6 per cent in August, falling from 49.8 in July. A reading below 50 indicates ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down 12 points at 4,301. The US Institute for Supply Management said its index of manufacturing activity stood at 49.6 per cent in August, falling from 49.8 in July. A reading below 50 indicates ...

Tell that to the marines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... confirm that the US economy and the world is slowing down - even threatening a double dip. The Institute for Supply Management' (ISM) index fell to 49.7% in June from 53.5 in the previous month and expectations for a 52.3 reading. America's manufacturing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... tech-rich Nasdaq outperformed, gaining 16.18 (0.55 per cent) to 2,951.23. Stocks nose-dived after the Institute for Supply Management said its June manufacturing index fell to 49.7 per cent, from May's number of 53.5 per cent. That was the first time ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... better-than-expected reading on the US services sector encouraged hopes of a stronger US economic recovery. The Institute for Supply Management's services index increased to 53.7 per cent from 53.5 per cent in April, indicating a slightly faster growth ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... Composite gained 18.10 (0.66 per cent) to 2,778.11. Stocks got a fleeting shot in the arm from the Institute for Supply Management's services index on the sector that accounts for about 70 per cent of the US economy. The ISM index rose to 53.7 per cent ...

Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... less than expected 133,000 in May. Weekly jobless claims increased by 10 grand last week. The Institute for Supply Management-Chicago index fell to 52.7 in May - the lowest since September 2009 - from 56.2 in April. Double-dip anyone? In Europe, while ...

Yes, no, I don't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... payrolls in March? Those thinking it would point to last night's worse-than-expected drop in the Institute for Supply Management non-manufacturing index. The index dropped to 53.5% in April. Although it indicates that America's service sector continued ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 4.08 (0.13 per cent) to 3,050.44. The market got its charge from the Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index, which registered a solid jump for April, rising to 54.8 per cent from 53.4 per cent in March. Analysts ...