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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... points, or 0.63 per cent, at 5,542.8. NEW YORK - US stocks have advanced, extending the prior day's gains after jobless claims increased but overall the data continued to suggest an improving labour market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 61.78 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index dipped 3.51 (0.08 per cent) to 4,359. The Labor Department reported initial jobless claims fell by 6,000 last week, while the Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators rose 0.5 per cent in May. Meanwhile ...

Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... swallow does not a spring make. The strong US PMI reading for the US, for instance, coincides with reports that US jobless claims increased by 28K - more than expected and the biggest one week jump since December. Similarly, why do expectations for stimulus ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... contributed to the broader market's malaise over the last month or so. The US Labor Department reported initial jobless claims, a measure of the pace of layoffs, totalled 326,000 in the week ending May 17, a gain of 28,000 from the prior week. US existing ...

Dumping dear momos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... kept on improving, some have even whizzed passed their pre-GFC highs. Last night for instance, we learned that jobless claims in America dropped by a bigger-than-expected 32K to its lowest level (300K) since May 2007 - that was 7 months before the US ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... deficit for February jumped to $US42.3 billion ($A45.87 billion) from $US39.3 billion in January. Meanwhile, US jobless claims last week increased 16,000 to 326,000. Locally, no major economic or equities news is expected on Friday. In Australia, the ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... state of the labour market and speculations are it would be show improvement given the positive lead from weekly jobless claims.

Bubbling bubble?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... the first estimate. Good or bad, this is old news. Then again, fresher data provided no fresh direction too. US jobless claims fell by more than expected - good news on the labour market - but pending home sales dropped when they were expected to rise ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... 2.6 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year, expanding more strongly than previously thought. And, US initial jobless claims, a sign of the pace of layoffs, totalled 311,000 in the week to March 22, down from 321,000 the previous week, the Labor ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... Wednesday's comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on the timing of interest-rate hikes and focused on jobless claims data and manufacturing figures that both beat market estimates. On the local market, in the resources sector at 1029 AEDT ...