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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... on Thursday after the US government reported that gross domestic product (GDP) rose at a 3.5 per cent annual rate in the third quarter after a year of contraction. LONDON - European stock markets fell victim to profit-taking on Friday, with the London ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... on Thursday, the Commerce Department's report that gross domestic product rose at an annual rate of 3.5 per cent in the third quarter was taken as the surest sign yet that the recession in the US has ended, even though problems such as high unemployment ...

Back on the road again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... Last night it became official - the US economy was reborn, growing by a better-than-expected 3.5 per cent annualised in the third quarter. Note that I didn't say out of recession. The National Bureau of Economic Statistics (NBER) - the people who tells ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... better-than-expected United States economic growth figures. US gross domestic product rose at an annual rate of 3.5 per cent in the third quarter, the surest sign yet that the recession there has ended. At 0725 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

A tale of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... Bored of waiting for the economy to show it the way. Reports that 82 per cent of companies in the S&P 500 that reported third quarter earnings topped expectations (Bloomberg) is just not doing it for Wall Street this time. Not even news that actual top ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... ANZ Banking Group Ltd and BT Investment Management Ltd post their annual financial results. Lihir Gold Ltd releases its third quarter production report. Newcrest Mining Ltd, AGL Energy Ltd, Valad Property Group and Flight Centre Ltd are among companies ...

Joined at the hip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... action. US shares rose on positive housing news. The S&P/Case Shiller home price index rose by 1.1 per cent in August - the third consecutive monthly increase. An extension of the US$8,000 first homebuyers tax credit that is currently being forged in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... the market. Stocks began the day higher following a report that home prices in 20 major metropolitan markets rose for the third straight month in August. Home prices fell 11.4 per cent from a year earlier, which was a smaller drop than economists predicted. ...

Elusive 10K

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... corporate front. According to Bloomberg, around 80 per cent of the S&P 500 companies that have reported already reported third quarter earnings results topped market expectations -"exceeding the record pace of 72.3 per cent for the period ended in June." ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... than other parts of the market after Marvell Technology Group, which makes chips used in phone networks, raised its fiscal third-quarter revenue forecast. RadioShack's third-quarter sales topped expectations, giving a boost to retailers. The Dow Jones ...