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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... higher at 4,267 points, with 8,227 contracts traded. US stocks bounced back from the prior day's steep losses, lifted by Alcoa's surprise quarterly profit and easing bond yields in Spain and Italy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wednesday closed ...

The Fed, the ECB and the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... as they watch Wall Street and European stock markets bounce back up overnight. Headlines tell us that this was because of Alcoa's better-than-expected first quarter profit report and raised guidance for future earnings. This looks inconsistent with the ...

Dam Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... altar? Have you seen all those already and/or soon to be handed pink slips lately? Toyota, Ford, Holden, Thales, Qantas, Alcoa, Billabong, Westpac, ANZ and hot off the press today, Air Australia. These are a few of what I've googled so far. And oh, tourism ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... about eight per cent. Economists were also encouraged by the week's data. The first major company results from the week -- Alcoa, JPMorgan Chase and Google -- were solid. Alcoa's profits tripled from a year earlier but unsurprisingly sagged from the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... surged 2.24 per cent in afternoon after it had earlier hit a more than 30-month low. Resource firms in Australia dipped after Alcoa said on Tuesday that third-quarter net profit tripled from a year earlier, but almost halved from the previous quarter ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... chips ended higher just ahead of the third-quarter earnings season that kicks off Tuesday after the market closes, with Alcoa the first Dow component to report. Alcoa leaped 3.9 per cent Monday, while Caterpillar jumped 4.8 per cent. Financials benefited ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... Sprint Nextel, which many analysts said would be doomed if the takeover went through, surged 5.9 per cent. Aluminum giant Alcoa was the best performer among the Dow's list of 30 blue-chip stocks, rallying 3.6 per cent. Bond prices fell. The yield on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... $10.5 billion lawsuit from insurer AIG over its sales of faulty mortgage-backed securities prior to 2008. Aluminum giant Alcoa dropped 11.4 per cent, while Caterpillar fell 9.2 per cent. LONDON - Global stocks took another pounding as worries over the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... companies begin to report their second-quarter results. Prominent companies set to release earnings include aluminium giant Alcoa, on Monday; Google and JPMorgan Chase, on Thursday; and Citigroup and Sony Ericsson, on Friday. Corporations seem to be ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... Composite was up 42.51 points (1.53 per cent) at 2816.03. All 30 Dow blue chips were up, led by a 2.8 per cent climb by Alcoa and a 2.2 per cent jump by JP Morgan Chase. On the Nasdaq, Apple added 2.2 per cent and Yahoo 2.8 per cent. The markets got ...