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Midday Market Report: Resource sector boosted by metal prices; bonds open weaker

... share index up 45.3 points to close at 4313.9. The Australian bond market opened weaker after signs of some economic recovery in the United States sparked a sell off on the US Treasury market. At 0900 AEST the yield on the Commonwealth Government May ...

Morning Market Wrap: International markets gain; Dollar weaker

... 2002. In LONDON, Britain's biggest shares surged to a three-week closing high as investors warmed to signs that economic recovery was picking up sending cyclical stocks like miner BHP Billiton sharply higher. The FTSE 100 share index closed up 45.3 point ...

Interest rate changes unlikely in tomorrow's RBA deliberation

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2003
... its steady stance on interest rates when it meets tomorrow as it will be weighing up the durability of the US economic recovery, economists have said. "Although the market has been flirting with the idea that the RBA might raise interest rates before ...

Morning Market Wrap: Busy day expected; Dollar bounces overnight

... index rose to a fresh 16-month closing high as surprisingly strong US jobs data fuelled optimism for a global economic recovery and pushed up export stocks such as Li & Fung Ltd. The index closed up 1.08 per cent, or 125.76 points, at 11,734.48. In New ...

Morning Market Wrap: US stocks surge; AU$ weaker

... points or 1.5 per cent at 4,274. In TOKYO, Japan's Nikkei average rose for a third day to a two-week high, with economic recovery hopes spurring buying of laggards such as JFE Holdings and other steel makers while investors braced for key US jobs data. ...

Midday market wrap: Hong Kong shares rise, while All Ords hold onto gains

Hong Kong share prices rose 1.28 per cent in opening trade today, as hopes of economic recovery were boosted with the signing of the details of a trade deal with China, dealers said. The Hang Seng index gained 143.13 points to 11,284.41, shortly after ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks up, dollar sinks to fresh lows

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2003
... partial rebound follows a week in which markets were hit hard by increasing concerns over the strength of the US economic recovery. The Nasadaq composite index recovered by 32.5 points (1.8%), to end the session at 1,824.6. Among other major indexes ...

Midday market wrap: Japanese stocks rise to fresh highs

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2003
... average rose in Friday trade to a fresh 15-month high after positive economic data bolstered views that the U.S. economic recovery is gaining speed and sent U.S. blue chip shares to 15-month highs. Trading on the Australian stock market was solid to ...

Domestic job figures to give new clues to economy

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2003
... consumer confidence has hit a nine-year high, based on rising house prices, a share market recovery and signs of an economic recovery overseas. But economists will be looking for a rebound in employment figures to ease worries that the labour market ...

OECD predicts continued economic recovery

... Development (OECD) announced recently in a report published by its chief economist Jean-Philippe Cotis that a US economic recovery is unfolding whilst in Japan, growth has surprised on the upside, but in the Euro area the expected recovery has not yet ...