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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... when investors fretted over Europe's debt crisis and the health of its banks. A rise in eurozone business and consumer confidence to its highest level in more than two years bolstered sentiment in early trade and then a succession of strong company results ...

Usual uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... uncertain". And because of this, American consumers are becoming "unusually uncertain" too. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell to 50.4 in July from 54.3 in the previous month. This is lower than market expectations for a decline to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... extended a rally Tuesday, powered by further gains in the banking sector and despite a disappointing report on US consumer confidence. In London, the FTSE 100 index added 14.55 points, or 0.27 per cent, to close at 5,365.67. FRANKFURT - The DAX rose ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... "experts" try their hardest to scare the markets. When confidence takes a hit - as we've seen in last week's US consumer confidence survey and last night's homebuilder's confidence survey - because of their dire predictions, they jump on top of each ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... takeover offer for private hospitals and pathology operator Healthscope. On Wall Street on Friday, sagging consumer confidence and a mixed batch of second-quarter earnings revived fears about the health of the economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Contra confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... expectations component did not do any better, down 9.2 points to 60.6. This is indeed an ugly reading for US consumer confidence. But only if it persists and we see the index continuing to fall in the next few months. The historical evidence doesn't ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... down 19.7 points, or 0.44 per cent, to 4,437 points. NEW YORK - US stocks plunged on Friday after sagging consumer confidence and a mixed batch of second-quarter earnings revived fears about the health of the economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... were they when investors were hiding under their beds, quivering that the world is going to end because US consumer confidence had fallen sharply... because employment is not growing fast enough? Where the bloody hell were they? But I discovered that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... the health of the global recovery in the face of disappointing US data, notably a surprising erosion in US consumer confidence. A report on Friday that the US economy had lost jobs in June for the first time this year added further tension. A fall in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... shares fell 10.77 points or 1.26 per cent to 841.42. Tokyo stocks fell sharply from the outset on weak US consumer confidence and fears of a slowdown in the Chinese economy, brokers said. The Nikkei business daily reported that sales at major retailers ...