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Market Wrap - Mid Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... Nasdaq was the standout performer, jumping 48.17 points, or 1.93 per cent, to 2,543.12, its biggest one-day gain in seven weeks, IG Markets analyst Ben Potter said. Stronger base metals and commodities prices on the London Metals Exchange overnight ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... major indices up about five per cent in less than two weeks. Stocks managed to carve out their sixth weekly advance in seven weeks, but the gains were minimal. Investors are nervous as they head into September, historically the stock market's worst month. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... reach 3,025.94. TOKYO - Japanese shares fell for a seventh straight session, closing at their lowest level in almost seven weeks as worries grew about the economic outlook and the strength of the yen. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index dropped 129.69 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... general meeting. The Australian share market finished about three cent higher on Monday and at its highest level in seven weeks as resources stocks rose on the back of higher commodities prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 113.4 points, or 3.01 per ...

AUSfund rolls out $4.3m

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
The $660 million Eligible Rollover Fund AUSfund recently returned $4.3 million to its members in seven weeks. According to AUSfund manager Warren Fawcett, the fund's most recent campaign targeted towards the fund's largest account holders. "This particular ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
... 2.61 per cent, to 2,402.97. LONDON - Britain's top share index rose 1.3 per cent to hit its highest closing level in seven weeks, led by banks after quarterly earnings from Citigroup were not considered as bad as many had expected. The FTSE 100 closed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... billion was wiped off the value of stocks on the Australian share market yesterday, which closed at its lowest level in seven weeks on renewed recession fears in the United States. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 83.6 points, or 1.59 per cent, to ...

Sub-prime 20/20 hindsight

... economy. In a speech in Washington last week, Greenspan noted, "The behaviour in what we are observing in the last seven weeks is identical in many respects to what we saw in 1998, what we saw in the stock-market crash of 1987." Greenspan cut rates on ...

Return of the 'R' word

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... Washington, Alan Greenspan, former US Federal Reserve chief said, "The behaviour in what we are observing in the last seven weeks is identical in many respects to what we saw in 1998, what we saw in the stock-market crash of 1987.'' Greenspan cut rates ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2006
... HONG KONG - Stocks rose 0.26 percent in their fourth straight gaining session, finishing at their highest level in seven weeks, thanks to an improved interest rate outlook. In subdued trade before the U.S. July 4 holiday, the benchmark Hang Seng index ...