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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... 5.3 points, or 0.12 per cent, to 4504.1. NEW YORK - US stocks tumbled on Thursday as investors fretted about the Federal Reserve's more cautious outlook on the economic recovery from recession and looming financial reform legislation. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... index was 71.9 points lower, by 1.57 per cent, at 4509.4. NEW YORK - US stocks closed mixed overnight after the Federal Reserve indicated that problems in Europe pose a threat to the US economy and that it would keep interest rates low. In a statement ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... hastened the market's slide because computer programs kicked in and drove more selling. The slide also came as the Federal Reserve held the first part of a two-day meeting, at which it's expected to keep its benchmark federal funds rate at the current ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... interest rates at a record low and promised short-term liquidity to the financial sector. An upbeat report from the Federal Reserve and lower US jobs claims also helped, while BP's stock came off 13-year lows. The FTSE 100 closed up 46.64 points, or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... are less afraid that Europe's debt problems will spoil a global recovery. Investors drew reassurance after the Federal Reserve and other central banks stepped up with financial support to corral what analysts warned was a growing financial crisis in ...

Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... consistent with increasing momentum in business activity. And remember the US labour market -- that scourge of the Federal Reserve and the Obama administration? There was good news there over the weekend. US non-farm payrolls increased by 290,000 in ...

Too much ado about Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... night. US initial unemployment claims dropped by 11,000 last week -- the second straight weekly decline. Also, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas reports that manufacturing activity in its districts expanded at a "solid pace" in April and that the reading ...

Seek and thou shalt find

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... is a good thing. But there's one simple explanation for the market's reticence last night. It's waiting for the Federal Reserve. The FOMC meets tomorrow to discuss monetary policy. The market seeks confirmation that cheap money remains available for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... February, released in the afternoon, pressured already weakened sentiment that led the market to open lower. The Federal Reserve said credit balances fell by $US11.5 billion ($A12.4 billion) from January, to $US2.448 trillion ($A2.64 trillion), down ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... per cent of its work force. Stocks got a brief bounce in afternoon trading when the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting signalled that policymakers are more upbeat about the economy. The quiet trading came as investors looked for ...