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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... per cent) on Monday to 17,024.21. The broad-based S&P 500 dropped 7.79 (0.39 per cent) to 1,977.65, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index declined 34.40 (0.77 per cent) to 4,451.53. Some market watchers expressed nervousness at the latest surge ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... records three days in a row and the Dow closed above 17,000 for the first time. The gains were also strong on the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index, which tacked on 88.00 (2.00 per cent) to 4,485.93. The highlight of the week was Thursday's Department ...

Independence Day for the US economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... and is less than a percent away from reaching its 2,000-point milestone, the Russell 2000's also at a fresh high and the Nasdaq (though still about 11% away) is climbing steadily towards the dotcom high established in March 2000. Wall Street's jump was ...

Slow and steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... Street's reaction subdued overnight when it jumped - big time - on 'sort of' good data points the night before"? Heck, the Nasdaq and the Russell 2000 indices even posted losses last night. Profit-taking? Perhaps. Awaiting confirmation from the official ...

So good but for the wrong spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... the Dow (up 0.8%), the S&P 500 (up 0.7%) and the Russell 2000 (up 1.1%) indices up, up and away to new record highs. The Nasdaq closed strongly too (up 1.1%) but it still has about 12% to go before it breaches the dotcom bubble high of 5,048.62 points ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... points (0.03 per cent) to 16,851.84. The broad-based S&P 500 rose 3.74 (0.19 per cent) to 1,960.96, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index put on 18.88 (0.43 per cent) at 4,397.93.

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... to happen in the third quarter of 2015. Wall Street dropped - the S&P 500 index by as much as 0.8%; the Dow by 0.7% the Nasdaq by 0.7% -- in early trade before it kept on truckin' higher and finishing with teenie-weenie dips of 0.1%, 0.1% and 0.02% ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... per cent) on Friday to 16,947.08, a new high. The S&P 500 advanced 3.39 (0.17 per cent) to 1,962.87, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index gained 8.71 (0.20 per cent) to 4,368.04. General Electric shares added 0.2 per cent to $26.98 after the French ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... per cent) on Friday to 16,947.08, a new high. The S&P 500 advanced 3.39 (0.17 per cent) to 1,962.87, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index gained 8.71 (0.20 per cent) to 4,368.04. General Electric shares added 0.2 per cent to $26.98 after the French ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... market looks set to open flat after Wall Street closed mixed with the Standard and Poor's reaching another record but the Nasdaq falling. At 0810 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,417. The broad-based ...