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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... a mixed day in terms of economic data. The National Association of Realtors' reported an unexpected drop in pending home sales. Its index of home sales agreements fell 7.6 per cent in January from December. Contracts fell to their lowest level since ...

Higher...higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... cent in June against expectations fro a 0.3 per cent rise and a 0.2 per cent fall in the previous month. US pending home sales jumped by 3.6 per cent in June - the fifth straight month of gains - to stand 9.2 per cent higher than a year ago. Yes Virginia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... 0.4 per cent on Wednesday, with resource and semiconductor-linked shares rising after a surprise surge in US pending home sales added to hopes that the global recession may be easing. The benchmark Nikkei rose 37.36 points to 9,741.67. HONG KONG - The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... YORK - Wall Street stocks maintained upward momentum on Tuesday a day after a sizzling rally as data showed pending home sales for April far better than expected. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 19.43 points, or 0.22 per cent, to 8,740.87. The ...

Make love not leverage

... later timed by NBER as the start of the US recession. The National Association of Realtors reported that US pending home sales rose by 2.1 per cent inn February after falling by 7.7 per cent in the previous month. In addition, the NAR affordability index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... Construction spending dropped in February for the fifth straight month, but at a slower pace than in January, while pending home sales rebounded in February from a record low. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 152.68 points, or 2.01 per cent ...

Market Movers Overnight: Bernanke's speech

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... balance of probabilities is tilted more towards the Fed easing monetary policy further in the near term. US pending home sales data released overnight underscore the problem that the economy still faces. Pending home sales fell by 4.7 percent in May ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... modest rebound following Friday's sharp slide, as investor sentiment was lifted after a realtors report showed pending home sales rose 6.3 per cent during April, providing some hope for the troubled real estate market. At 0740 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
... of the drought upon national GDP remains at 0.75 per cent. In news from the US, the bright note was that US pending home sales were up slightly at 0.7 per cent following the fall of 4.7 per cent that occurred last month. However, the Institute for Supply ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2006
... highs reached in June 2005. Forward indications show that housing could slow further in coming months with pending home sales already down by 9 per cent and mortgage applications declining. The continued slowdown in the US housing market, along with ...