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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... has opened lower after a pullback on Wall Street. Mixed earnings reports triggered a broad market retreat in the US overnight, breaking a three-session winning streak. Analysts said the pullback was not surprising given that the S&P 500 had surged 4.2 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... the European Central Bank may buy corporate bonds to tackle slowing inflation rates in the region boosted US markets overnight, CommSec market analyst Juliana Roadley said. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.31 per cent, the broad-based S&P 500 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... share market had made strong gains in opening trade as investors snap up cheaper stocks following recent falls. Comments overnight from the Federal Reserve Bank's St Louis president Jamie Bullard suggesting that the US not scale back its asset purchase ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... analyst Ric Spooner said the Australian market was performing well, considering the lacklustre performance in the US overnight. "We're seeing a continuation of bargain hunting, with that quite strong buying that we saw on our local market on Tuesday," ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... don't know where I am!" For those who've just tuned in, Wall Street was going, even sending the S&P 500 index up by 1.3% overnight, until it slipped... on oil. The action du' nuit is captured in Bloomberg's headline, "U.S. Stock Rebound Fades as Energy ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... fall of the year as investors worry about weak global economic growth. The fall of almost two per cent on the Dow Jones overnight was the heaviest for 2014. If the ASX200 sustains its early falls of close to 1.8 per cent it will beat the 1.54 per cent ...

I wish I may, I wish I might

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... decades". It's back! Volatility, that is. The VIX index surged (there goes that superlative again) by as much as 28.5% overnight to a reading of 19.38 - the highest since February this year - before closing at a still high 18.76. But, but... but isn't ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher following overnight gains on Wall St where the US Federal Reserve hinted it would not raise interest rates. Steady interest rates have a negative effect on the US dollar and bond yields, and increase the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... little from its poor start but is still trading lower, after a sharp fall on markets in the United States and Europe overnight. The market slide was generated partly by an International Monetary Fund report that lowered its global economic growth forecasts ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... Australian stock market is slightly lower, following a mixed lead from overseas. European markets finished sharply lower overnight, with Germany's DAX 30 down two per cent amid disappointment with the European Central Bank's latest stimulus plans. But ...