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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... latest announcements from the Bank of Japan and looking ahead to an important US employment report. "This week has been a heavy one for economic data and people are just trying to digest a lot of that," Ms Chan said. "It's a bit flat." The BoJ said after ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher amid views that investors over-reacted to Europe's debt problems with heavy sell-offs on Monday. Monday's falls in Australia were the heaviest of the year (above two per cent) but a relatively muted response ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... streak to a halt as a decline in a key consumer sentiment index highlighted continuing weaknesses in the economy. Trade was heavy in banks after the Fed completed its stress tests and capital plan reviews, and as a Senate committee report blasted JPMorgan ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... short-term debt in a sign of improving market confidence. Business activity across much of Europe was hampered meanwhile by a heavy late-winter snowfall. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies rebounded from slight early losses to gain a modest ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... came close to surpassing its record high, set in October 2007, gaining 6.92 points, or 0.45 per cent, to 1,551.18. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite added 12.28 points (0.38 per cent) at 3,244.37. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets closed higher, with ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... per cent) at the closing bell to 14,295.85. The broader S&P 500 rose 1.68 points (0.11 per cent) to 1,541.47. But the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 1.76 (0.05 per cent) to 3,222.37. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets fallen back from gains posted ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... nearly two per cent shy of its October 2007 record, but gained a solid 14.59 points (0.96 per cent) at 1,539.79. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite outpaced both, helped by a 2.6 per cent rise in Apple shares, adding 42.10 (1.32 per cent) to end at 3,224.13. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after falling sharply on Monday dragged down by the resourses sector and following mixed results on international bourses. At 0630 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 31 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... Industries is scheduled to release third quarter results. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed lower but pared back earlier heavy falls. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 52.2 points, or 1.03 per cent, at 5,003.6 points, while the broader ...

Fear is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... Parliament in Italy as the one that did it. Here's what Bloomberg prepared earlier: "This possible outcome would have very heavy consequences for Italy at the European level," Letta, deputy head of Bersani's Democratic Party, said on RAI 3 television. ...