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Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... Friday, with the Dow industrials closing above 14,000 for the first time since October 2007 following a positive US jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 14,009.79, up 149.21 points (1.08 per cent). In Europe, London's FTSE 100 index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... Friday, with the Dow industrials closing above 14,000 for the first time since October 2007 following a positive US jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 14,009.79, up 149.21 points (1.08 per cent). The broad-based S&P 500 finished ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... was down six cents at $24.81. Wall Street finished weaker, after initial enthusiasm from a better-than-expected US jobs report faded as market players looked ahead to the upcoming US elections. The Dow fell 1.05 per cent, the S&P500 eased 0.94 per cent ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... broader All Ordinaries index had gained 3.4 points, or 0.07 per cent, at 4,483.3.NEW YORK - An encouraging October US jobs report gave shares an early bump on Friday but the gains were all quickly lost and the main indices ended in the red, as caution ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... lower, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies giving up 0.53 per cent to 5,662.63 points after a US jobs report came in weaker than expected. In local news construction giant Leighton Holdings has sold its Thiess Waste Management to ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... now, now, you're telling me that the world has turned upside down? It has because of one month's disappointing US jobs report? It only reinforces the start of the year outlook that 2012 US growth would be slow. And this is bad because? Au contraire mon ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... (1.14 per cent) to 1,382.20, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped 33.42 points (1.08 per cent) to 3,047.08. The weak US jobs report raised speculation that the Federal Reserve may yet have to apply fresh stimulus to juice growth. LONDON - Many European ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... for a Greek confidence vote that could oust the prime minister and trigger fresh eurozone debt turmoil. A mixed US jobs report offered some small signs of improvement, but reminded that high unemployment was well-entrenched in the slowly growing economy. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... per cent to 5.766 euros. HONG KONG - Asian markets have fallen sharply while the euro took a beating after a poor US jobs report added to fears that the world's largest economy is facing a renewed recession. Stocks were down across the board on Monday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... to 1199.38, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 0.94 per cent to 2532.41 following a better-than-expected US jobs report and hints of progress in Europe's debt crisis. Stocks experienced wild swings after the US Labour Department reported that ...