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Day of silence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Big yawn! That's what Wall Street and European markets did overnight. Flat, flat, flat. Perhaps they took a one-day of silence to show respect for US Senator Edward Kennedy. Senator Ted passed away yesterday, aged 77. Or maybe they're just taking a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
The Australian share market has received mixed leads from overseas, with Wall Street down and precious and base metals lower, although oil added over a dollar and a half. At 0724 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was ...

Seesaw Margery Daw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... stock-market declines, with a median retreat of 2.5 per cent for all 10.' In the meantime, no one's getting off the equity market seesaw.

Sentiment seesaw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... not know. Wall Street's performance overnight highlights how tenuous financial market sentiment remains. The sentiment seesaw became obvious as the Dow Jones industrial index went from a 4.4 per cent loss to a 4.7 per cent gain all in one trading day. ...

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
Volatility ruled financial market activity last week as investors ignored economic data and focused on developments surrounding the US Treasury/Federal Reserve negotiations with Congress over their proposed bail-out package. Equity and bond markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... Ordinaries fell 68.9 points, or 1.35 per cent, to 5,020.5. NEW YORK - Wall Street managed to book solid gains Thursday in seesaw trade, amid lingering concerns about the financial health of two big mortgage finance firms and Lehman Brothers. On the positive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... points, while the broader All Ordinaries index rose 55.3 points, or 0.98 per cent, to 5,699.8. NEW YORK - The Dow gained in seesaw trading on Monday following gains in the energy sector, while renewed concerns about subprime-related losses at the biggest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 4840.71 points, up 158.01 or 3.37 per cent. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average ended flat in seesaw trade, with sharp gains in high-tech firm TDK and oil exploration ompany Inpex Holdings offset by steep falls in insurance ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
... - The CAC-40 index fell 42.06 points to 5,688.76. TOKYO - Japan's benchmark Nikkei average eked out a narrow gain after seesaw trade, with gains in steel and commodity-linked firms countering sales of semiconductor-linked shares. The benchmark Nikkei ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2007
... or 0.49 per cent. TOKYO - The Nikkei average ended 0.67 per cent higher after a volatile session that saw the benchmark seesaw wildly in and out of positive territory on a path that tracked sharp movements in the futures market. The Nikkei ended 113.13 ...
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