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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... stock markets surged on Thursday, buoyed by promising data on US job creation in June as well as a solid gain in retail sales for the month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 93.47 points (0.74 per cent) at 12,719.49. The broader S&P 500 rallied ...

China-Gillard tug o' war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... Australian consumers tighten their purses and focus on increasing their savings instead. Latest data show that Australian retail sales dropped by 0.6 per cent in May for an annual growth rate of 2.5 per cent. This pace is not far above the disappointing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... back a little from the morning high after the Australian Bureau of Statistics published some weaker-than-expected retail sales and building approvals data for May. Trading was also less than usual because the US market would be closed on Monday night ...

Perpetual transitions team around Sevior

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... from July onwards with assistance from fellow portfolio manager, Charlie Lanchester. Matt McKinnon, general manager, Retail Sales Australian Equities told the Financial Standard that these new appointments would not be affected by Sevior's return next ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... 0.47 per cent, or 9.70 points, to 2,086.53. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket rose sharply on encouraging retail sales data. The NZX 50 index lifted - for the second day in a row - by 17.5 points (0.5 per cent) to 3506.4 after local retail sales ...

Making the data fit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... be delayed until next month. Talk of kicking the can down the road! No (guess, we don't need google for this). US retail sales fell by 0.2 per cent in May. This was supposed to be good because it beat market expectations for a 0.7 per cent drop. American ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... surged 39.03 points (1.48 percent) to 2,678.72. The gains came after the release of better-than-expected data on retail sales and wholesale inflation, which showed that the US economic recovery was weak, but still on track, analysts said. LONDON - European ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... said. "Keep in mind that is after a heavy sell off the previous day," he told AAP. "On the economic front in the US, retail sales rose by about a half a per cent overnight and 430,000 Americans filed unemployment benefits, which were broadly in line ...

Challenger boosted by life sales

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... billion, a 22 per cent rise from the previous year and a 5 per cent rise during the last three months. Challenger Life retail sales for the quarter were $740 million, including the impact from the conversion of Challenger's high yield fund in February. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... data due at about 1200 AEST. Mr Smith said figures on inflation, industrial production, gross domestic product and retail sales, among others, would be watched closely for signs the Chinese government would need to tighten monetary policy further. Wall ...