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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... hold their AGMs. The Australian stock market closed in negative territory yesterday, following sharp falls in the banking sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 41.1 points at 6384.3 and the all ordinaries shed 40 points to 6450.2. NEW YORK - US ...

Sub-prime Godzilla tramples Japan

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... Mizuho merger and derailing a share-swap between Citigroup and Nikko Cordial. It's been a grim week for Japan's banking sector, with two deals that could have transformed Japan's financial sector chased off course by the sub-prime mortgage monster that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... revenue below analysts' expectations, a day after Cisco Systems Inc warned about demand from its customers in the banking sector. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 223.55 points, or 1.69 per cent, to 13,042.74. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... prices weak. "It is very well off at the moment," he said. "It has sold off across all sectors, but mainly the banking sector on the back of a sell off in the US last night with the financial sector in the US under heavy pressure." The global mining ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... was up 91 points to 6707 on a volume of 10,997 contracts at 1202 AEDT. CMC Markets dealer Matt Wacher said the banking sector was feeling the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision today to raise interest rates, but the rest of the market was strong. Mr ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
... to the downturn. "Lihir Gold is down... after it reduced its forecast for full year output and St George in the banking sector has taken a bit of a pounding," he said. "It's come off a bit and it's probably weighing on the finance sector, but generally ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
... bit of relief there," he said. The price of crude oil closed down US0.75 cents at $US85.27 a barrel. The local banking sector was firm early, but had already begun to weaken after this morning's announcement of the September quarter consumer price index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
... - The UK's top share index fell 1.3 per cent, with skidding Northern Rock shares leading losses in an embattled banking sector, but as Johnson Matthey bucked the trend by surging on bid talk. The FTSE 100 ended down 86.2 points at 6,644.5, with only ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... Australian sharemarket had recovered at noon after trading in negative territory in early morning trade, with the banking sector providing much of the propping up. At 1208 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 17.4 points higher to 6671.7 and the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... close on the London Metal Exchange. NEW YORK - The US market gained on Friday, as stocks, particularly those in the banking sector, bathed still in the glow of last week's interest rate cut. Software maker Oracle Corp also offered support for the technology ...