Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 441 - 450 of 2971 results for "Overnight"

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... also lifting the market, up 5.5 cents at $5.635. The resources sector was mostly lower, as iron ore prices again fell overnight. Rio Tinto was down 26.5 cents at $62.535 and Fortescue Metals was 2.5 cents weaker at $4.065, while BHP Billiton was one ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... stock market has opened flat despite reports that Russian that are actively fighting in eastern Ukraine spooking markets overnight. All major US and European markets lost ground overnight as NATO said at least 1,00 Russian troops were on the ground in ...

Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... instead of dropped. What's a man have do to get a bigger dip to buy these days? For not even the good stats out of America overnight can make it drop - pending home sales soared to their highest level one month short of a year, weekly jobless claims ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... view and smile (or LOL) at all the naysayers who bet, 'nay, you'll never make it'. That's exactly what Wall Street did overnight. The S&P 500 index hardly budged - up 0.01% -- to close at 2,000.12 points after touching the round 2,000 point mark plus ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... into our market this morning," he said. But, the materials sector, hit hard when the iron ore price slipped below $US90 overnight, could slow down trading later in the session, he said. "It's not just the iron ore. Gold's under pressure, silver's down ...

Heads up to where Wall Street's heading

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
It didn't happen overnight, but it is happening. The S&P 500 index flirted above its 2,000-point milestone -2001.95 points to be exact in intra-day trade - before closing at 1997.92 points. There's always tomorrow. With just another 2.1 points (0.1%) ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... market strategist Stan Shamu said the market was taking its lead from the US and Europe, where markets finished higher overnight. "I think we are just tracking some of the gains we saw overseas," he said. But he said the market may weaken as the session ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following solid gains on Wall Street overnight. At 0658 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,615. In Australia, company earnings season continues with ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... Tatts was among the worst performers, dropping 19 cents to $3.43 after its profit and revenue dropped. On Wall Street overnight, stocks rose on signs of improvement in the US economy.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after solid gains on Wall Street overnight. At 0654 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up 21 points at 5,527. Wall Street stocks have finished mostly higher as US Federal ...