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Afternoon market wrap: $A rockets to five-and-a-half year high

The Australian dollar rocketed to its highest level in five-and-a-half years today and looks set to fly past 70 US cents this year. Its faster than expected rise has some currency experts now raising their expectations about how high the local dollar ...

Midday market wrap: Nikkei edges up while All Ords deteriorate

Japan's Nikkei stock average edged up by midday on Wednesday, with the topside capped after investors focused on indications of a slowdown in improvements to sentiment in the Bank of Japan's "tankan" corporate survey. The Australian stock market continued ...

AMP stock jumps 30 per cent in September quarter

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2003
... troubled fund manager and life insurer ended the quarter more than one-third higher than they began it, mainly because of a spike that began last month when National Australia Bank Ltd launched a $205 million dollar raid on its shares. NAB now controls ...

Higher budget surplus has little economic implications: HSBC economist

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2003
... really just a mis-forecast it's not something in my view that the treasurer should be congratulated on." Dr Edwards said the spike in surplus had no particular implication for the economy going forward. "It doesn't necessarily mean the tax base will ...

Banks, resources supported, telcos challenged : Citigroup

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2003
An improving global economic outlook and a stabilising credit environment supports the bank and resources sector while operating conditions for telecommunications remain challenging, a credit analyst said today. While corporate bond supply remains patchy ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks, bonds make further gains

... 9,587.9, while the S&P 500 added 1.7 points (0.2%) to finish at 1,028.0. But the bond market garnered succour from a surprising spike to 413,00 in initial jobless claims last week, and also from comments by at least two Fed officials suggesting rate ...

Morning market wrap: Dow closes at 5-week high

US stocks bounced sharply late Friday, spurred by economic data that again surpassed analyst forecasts. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 172.1 points (1.9%) to 9,284.6, a five-week high. The broader S&P 500 also rose 17.1 points (1.7%) to 998.7 ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds crunched by Greenspan

US bond yields spiked higher after Fed chairman Alan Greenspan presented to Congress an upbeat view of US economic prospects over the balance of 2003 and for 2004. Reassurances the Fed would hold the funds rate low "for a considerable time" were ignored ...

Investors warming to shares: ING June quarter report

The latest ING Melbourne Institute Household Savings and Investment report for the June quarter has revealed that investors are slowly warming to the share market and have eased on their enthusiasm for property. It also showed that for the first time ...

Morning market wrap: US bond yields spike higher

The US bond market suffered a third consecutive day of selling, as recovery fears subside further in the wake of recent positive economic data. Traders continue to wind back earlier expectations of an aggressive rate cut at the next FOMC meeting on ...