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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... slumped 1.74 per cent, or 37.94 points, to 2,147.96, its lowest level since March 2009. Tokyo was closed for a public holiday. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 28.07 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 3467.33.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... cent) to 1,334.76. Earlier in the day the Labour Department reported 350,000 initial jobless claims were filed in the holiday-shortened week ending July 7. That was a decrease of 26,000 from the prior week's upwardly revised number of 376,000. LONDON ...

Liars' Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... marginal tax rate to 75% on incomes above a,-1 million and introducing a one-off "wealth tax", ending the payroll tax holiday and plans to impose an extra tax on company dividends. And guess what? The pro-austerity PM - the UK's David Cameron - who told ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... 1,367.59, while the Nasdaq added 0.04 points to 2,976.12. Stocks had risen on Tuesday - Wednesday markets were closed for a holiday - in anticipation that the European Central Bank would cut interest rates and the Bank of England would boost stimulus ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... Australian stocks opened flat following a lacklustre day on European markets and Wall Street closed for the July 4 public holiday. At 1020 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 1.9 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 4,170.3, while the broader ...

Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... (or gloomy?) way. But it doesn't! Soon after, we'll be waiting for Wall Street to come back from their Independence Day holiday to see their reaction to these decisions. And then we wait some more. Wait for the release of the US non-farm payrolls report ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... them. I think there's broader across-the-board interest in our market today." US stocks have racked up solid gains in a holiday-shortened trading session, boosted by reports of strong June sales from the leading US car manufacturers. Trade closed at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... All Ordinaries index dipped 6.1 points, or 0.15 per cent, to 4,166.4 points. US stocks have racked up solid gains in a holiday-shortened trading session, boosted by reports of strong June sales from the leading US auto makers. Trade closed at 1700 GMT ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... close at 2,226.11. But Sydney put on 0.94 per cent, or 38.4 points, to close at 4,133. Hong Kong was closed for a public holiday. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 40.32 points, or 1.2 per cent, to 3440.16.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... points, to 4048.2. Hong Kong dived by 1.40 per cent, or 269.94 points, to 18,995.13. Shanghai was closed for a public holiday. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 index fell 10.19 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 3399.19.