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AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2006
... losses in Nippon Telegraph and Telephone. The Nikkei added 28.81 points to 15,499.18 and booked its second straight weekly gain, 156.31 points. HONG KONG - Stocks fell almost one per cent as investors sold holdings ahead of US wages data due later in ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
... Nikkei added 163.09 points on Friday to close at 15,342.87. The index added 521.61 points on the week, the biggest weekly gain since the last week of January. HONG KONG - Stocks edged up 0.23 percent or 38.27 points in their fifth straight day of gains ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2006
... points, or 0.11 percent, to end at 2,172.09. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 ended higher, giving the index its biggest weekly gain in nearly eight months as miners put their weight behind the market, while bid talk rushed through several sectors, sending ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2006
... 29.69 points, 73.29 points lower on the week. TOKYO - The Nikkei average rose almost three per cent, making its first weekly gain in six weeks, as a sharp rebound on US stocks and easing US interest rate concerns spurred buying. The Nikkei share average ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
... cent, the S&P 500 added 1.04 per cent and the Nasdaq gained 0.75 per cent. LONDON - British shares made the biggest weekly gain in over six months, ending a volatile week on a positive note as banks, miners and oil stocks combined to put the market in ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2006
... eight-year highs. The Hang Seng index finished down 32.19 points at 16,912.15, ending a four-day streak and logging a weekly gain of 482.7 points. WELLINGTON - The sharemarket broke out of a four-day losing streak today, buoyed by a six-year closing ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2006
... Europe, but heavyweight oil stocks such as BP helped moderate the slide. The FTSE had been on course for its best weekly gain in more than two months before the US-inspired slide. The index closed down 19.6 points at 6026.1 -- still 61.5 points higher ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2006
... market to its highest close in nearly two weeks. The Hang Seng index ended up 72.62 points to 15,801.66 and logged a weekly gain of 356.61 points. WELLINGTON - Market leader Telecom dragged the sharemarket benchmark index a tad lower in a session when ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2006
... concerns about higher interest rates. But the declines were not sharp enough to offset the stock market's second straight weekly gain. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 12.27 points to 2,282.36. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dipped 2.14 points to 1,287.24. ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2005
... gained 0.75 per cent, the S&P 1.10 per cent and the Nasdaq 1.12 per cent. LONDON - British shares rose to seal a fourth weekly gain in a row as record metal prices boosted mining stocks and consolidation hopes boosted property firms, including British ...