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Midday market wrap: Australian shares follow US markets higher

... following a stronger tone to offshore markets overnight. At midday, the All Ordinaries was up 12.2 points to 3,060.7. US markets bounced back strongly following news Uday and Quesay Hussein had been killed in a shootout with US troops, and further signs ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds continue sell-off

... hard, and which was reflected in the Nasdaq composite index falling 27.0 points (1.6%) to 1,681.5. A weak opening in US markets also helped push down the FTSE 100, with the London index closing 28.9 points (0.7%) lower at 4,044.3. On foreign exchange ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares edge higher

Australian shares opened modestly stronger this morning, following gains Friday in major US and European markets. US markets were buoyed by a solid earnings result from Microsoft, and positive comments from telecommunications giant Ericsson. Locally ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares tumble in early trade

Australian shares were trading lower Thursday morning, following losses overnight in US markets. US indexes were dragged lower in response to the earlier sharp rise in bond yields and disappointing earnings reports from Ford Motor Corporation and Lucent ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares modestly higher

The Australian share market opened modestly higher, following another night of strong gains in US markets. At midday, the All Ordinaries index was 7.9 points higher at 3,061.3. The major banks all posted good advances in morning trade, while News Corporation ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2003
Australian shares were trading lower Friday morning, following sharp falls overnight in US markets. The weakness in the US was sparked by a lacklustre earnings report from internet company Yahoo, and signs of a continuing deterioration in the US labour ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares up slightly

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2003
... In early trade the index briefly pierced the 3,035 level, as investors took heart from the strong gains overnight in US markets. In US trade Monday the Nasdaq surged by 3.5% to a 14-month high. News Corporation and blue-chip resources led the market ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares lag offshore gains

Australian shares continued to lag the strong gains overnight in US markets, and the solid advances today in major Asian markets. At the close, the All Ordinaries index was 8.2 points higher at 3,013.6. News Corporation and major resource stocks both ...

Morning market wrap: Investors await re-opening of US markets

US markets were closed Friday for the Independence Day long weekend, while other major international share markets traded quietly. London's FTSE 100 ended down 3.3 points at 4,021.5, with heightened competition concerns propelling the telecommunications ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks sag on mixed economic data

... despite the mixed US data. Gains in drug shares helped the UK index rise 17.9 points and close at 4,024.8. In other US markets, bonds were hit hard by the ISM release. The yield on the 10-year bond rose 10 points to 3.64%, the highest level since mid-May. ...