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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... sharemarket at noon has slipped back from early highs, weakened by the slump in Telstra shares and worse than expected housing data. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 19.1 points, or 0.42 per cent, at 4550.2 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Day of silence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... 4.9 per cent in July. Better, the rise in orders was reflected nearly across the board. Likewise, last night's US housing data confirms previous reports of a turnaround in the sector. New home sales rose by 9.6 per cent to 433,000 units (annualised) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... 0.33 per cent, to 3688.34 points. TOKYO - Asian markets moved higher as investors welcomed positive consumer and housing data from the US that pointed to a brighter future for the world's biggest economy. Japan's market closed at its highest since October ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... cents to $22.56. Wall Street shares surged to their highest levels of 2009 on Thursday as investors cheered upbeat housing data and a strong day for corporate earnings as signs that the economic slide may be ending. The Dow Jones Industrial Average vaulted ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... points. NEW YORK - Wall Street shares surged to their highest levels of 2009 on Thursday as investors cheered upbeat housing data and a strong day for corporate earnings as signs that the economic slide may be ending. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

They will, they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... be unclogging, equity markets are cheering. Wall Street staged another rally last night on better-than-expected US housing data and a rise in China's purchasing managers index above 50 - indicating that manufacturing there is once again expanding. They ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... the end of the first quarter, which ended on Tuesday. The gains came despite more bleak US consumer confidence and housing data. Consumer confidence was flat in March, according to research group The Conference Board, while home prices in the 20 largest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... markets closed sharply lower with losses of four per cent and more after much worse-than-expected US inflation and housing data hit already weak sentiment. In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading shares fell 202.87 points, or 4.82 per cent, to 4,005.68 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... Australian stock market is expected to open higher after Wall St rose Friday on better-than-expected manufacturing and housing data. At 0650 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract rose 24 points to 5,006. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... Composite Index was down 16.07 points, or 0.68 per cent, at 2,348.76. LONDON - Britain's leading shares dipped after housing data and persistent credit worries dragged on banks, but BHP Billiton staged a late surge on market talk that China's Baosteel ...