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BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... look at the closing stats Virginia. The S&P 500's and the Dow's up by 0.5% and the Nasdaq's higher by 0.7% and... the Dow Jones Internet Composite Index jumped by 2.2%. And oh, all these came to pass amid high turnover - "About 6.3 billion shares changed ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... forgotten about the tech sell-off two weeks ago," he said. "So, I think we will probably see a reasonably strong day." The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 65 points, or 0.40 per cent, to 16,514.37 overnight, while the tech-heavy NASDAQ was 0.97 ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... pharmaceutical-sector deals. At 0805 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 22 points at 5,494. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 65.02 points (0.40 per cent) to 16,514.27, the S&P 500 added 7.72 (0.41 per cent) to ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... National Australia Bank was 15 cents higher at $35.51. Telstra was two cents stronger at $5.15. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 40.71 points, 0.25 per cent, to 16,449.25 points as solid earnings reports from Halliburton and ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... then sank, with analysts at the time citing a rise in worries over Ukraine. But the subsequent bounce-back left the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the green at the end, up 89.32 points (0.55 per cent) to 16,262.56. The broad-based S&P 500 jumped 12.37 ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... Woolworths, adding 38 cents to $36.03, and Wesfarmers, adding 54 cents at $42.57. On Wall Street overnight, the The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 146.49 points, or 0.91 per cent, to 16,173.24 points. The gains came after the US government reported ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... earnings report from Citigroup and encouraging retail sales data, reversing course after deep losses late last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has jumped 146.49 points (0.91 per cent) to 16,173.24, while the S&P 500 gained 14.92 (0.82 per cent) ...

Bloomberg takes over UBS commodities indices

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... calculation, distribution and licensing of the bank's commodity indexes. From 1 July, the indexes will be renamed from the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Family to the Bloomberg Commodity Index Family. "Benchmarks are at the heart of the financial system ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... 51 points at 5,425. The Nasdaq closed down 3.10 per cent with investors anxious about pricey technology equities. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 1.62 per cent while the broad-based S&P 500 fell 2.09 per cent. The sell-off came on a day when Chinese ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... its first day of gains after three straight losses. The Nasdaq added 33.23 points, or 0.81 per cent, to 4,112.99. The Dow Jones industrial Average advanced 10.27 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 16,256.14, while the broad-based S&P 500 rose 6.92 points ...