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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... first half profit by 41 per cent. On Wall Street overnight, stocks were lower after figures showed a fall in consumer confidence in February. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index fell 100.97 points, or one per cent, to 10,282.41. The broader Standard ...

Sentiment stirs bad mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... US consumers changed their minds. They are less happy. Or they were more worried. The US Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell to 46.0 in February following a downwardly revised 56.5 - from 55.9 - in the previous month and expectations for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... per cent, lower to 4731. NEW YORK - The US stock market pulled back on Tuesday after a surprising drop in consumer confidence reminded investors of the fragility of the economic recovery. The Dow Jones industrials were off, and interest rates also fell ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... dogging investors. Wall Street had advanced earlier in the day after the Conference Board said its index of consumer confidence rose to 55.9 in January from 53.6 in December. It was the third straight increase and its highest level in more than a year. ...

Stimulexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... workers lost their jobs last year. Jobless claims have again risen. And financial markets were surprised that US consumer confidence and retail spending didn't print as they expected? And this is what's confusing the markets at this point in time: The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... NEW YORK - Stocks retreated from 13-month highs after market confidence was dampened by a weak reading on consumer confidence and a report showing slower economic growth. The Conference Board said its Consumer Confidence Index rose to 49.5 in November ...

Perceived conflicts lethal to planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... the audience may not agree, he urged them to deal with these perception of conflicts if they want to raise consumer confidence at a time when many have been burnt by a litany of collapses - Storm, Westpoint and Timbercorp, to name a few. He even drew ...

Mickey money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... better-than-expected earnings. Thanks to Disney and its friends, Wall Street quickly dismissed reports that US consumer confidence dropped to 66.0 in November against 50.6 in the previous month and expectations for a rise to 71.0. They also distracted ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... quarterly reports Friday from Abercrombie & Fitch Co, JC Penney Co and Disney offset worries about a disappointing consumer confidence report. Disney said late on Thursday that higher revenue at its cable, broadcast and movie studio divisions helped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... 1,087.24. LONDON - European stock markets wilted on Thursday, as investors awaited the University of Michigan US consumer confidence index due on Friday, although London managed a small gain on prospects for a merger of British Airways and Iberia of ...