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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... Motor and other exporters, but steps by the US and Japanese central banks to ease the credit crisis helped boost banking shares. In light trade, the Nikkei ended down 26.21 points at 7,945.96. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang Seng Index gained 13.75, or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... - European stock markets surged more than three per cent Monday, boosted by better-than-expected US data and by banking shares as investors took heart from positive news from the Barclays group. The London FTSE 100 index gained 156.54 points or 3.86 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market was mixed at noon as bargain hunters snapped up banking shares, hurt by a loss of confidence in key US mortgage finance firms Freddie Mac and Fannie May. But big miners weakened on lower commodity prices, with energy stocks ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... trades on time in January while Opes Prime collapsed last month after trading "irregularities" were uncovered. Banking shares declined, with National Australia Bank falling 73 cents, or 2.42 per cent, to $29.42, Commonwealth Bank shedding eleven cents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... the bourse into negative territory following weaker metals prices, while investors looked for bargains and bought banking shares. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down just 0.9 points at 5086.1, while the broader All Ordinaries shed 9.4 points to 5163.8. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... per cent, at 2,306.55. LONDON - UK stocks ended up almost 2 per cent as merger and acquisition activity buoyed banking shares and firm US crude prices boosted heavyweight oil stocks. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,999.5 points, up 111 or 1.89 per cent. FRANKFURT ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
... Nasdaq Composite Index was down 63.5 points, or 2.38 per cent, at 2,655.45. LONDON - UK stocks fell as a slide in banking shares overshadowed a rally in mining group Xstrata, which was buoyed by fresh bid speculation. The FTSE 100 ended down 28.5 to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
... day of volatile trade that saw the benchmark Nikkei cover a 510-point range, with moves both up and down led by banking shares such as Mizuho Financial Group. The Nikkei closed up 0.58 per cent at 15,222.85, a rise of 87.64 points. HONG KONG - Investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... Index was down 21.46 points, or 0.81 per cent, at 2,622.86. LONDON - UK stocks ended down as credit fears dragged banking shares into the red despite a flurry of mixed corporate updates. The FTSE 100 lost 72.5 points to 6,359.6. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... TOKYO - The Japanese market closed at its lowest level for the the week thanks to a credit crunch-linked fall in banking shares like Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. The benchmark Nikkei average dropped 2.09 per cent or 352.92 points to 16,517.48, adding ...