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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
... of Amazon rose 7.9 per cent after Citigroup raised its price target on the stock, lifting the Nasdaq, while technology stocks benefited from a $US25 billion takeover deal for mobile phone company Alltel Corp. The Dow Jones industrial average declined ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
... Ltd posts first half results and law firm Slater & Gordon Ltd is due to list on the Australian stock exchange. Australian stocks slumped on Friday, after resources stifled the market amid weaker commodity prices. NEW YORK - US stocks rose on Friday giving ...

Pick your stocks when they're green: SAM

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
Picking your stocks based on colour may not be the most scientific method around, but go with green and you can't go wrong, said Sustainable Asset Management's (SAM) business development manager, Simon Romijn, speaking at the Financial Standard Best ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... was up 71.3 points to a record 6365.9 while the all ordinaries gained 69 points to hit a record of 6370.1. NEW YORK - US stocks were in and out of positive territory overnight with an upbeat report on business conditions and data suggesting strength ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... not quite to that extent," Mr Chatterton said. "Across the market there have been little improvements in a divergence of stocks, it could be fair to say." "There hasn't been anything too dramatic as the market has done really much, a light steady lead ...

Stand by one manager: T Rowe Price

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... against aligning any portfolio too closely to the markets. "The portfolio manager's got to place his bets on individual stocks, because anyone too closely aligned to the index isn't going to have enough tracking error to generate the excess return." ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... the S&P/ASX200 index finished up 3.4 points to 6294.6, while the all ordinaries added 3.8 points to 6301.1. NEW YORK - US stocks jumped on Wednesday as major investors disclosed stakes in Citigroup, several railroads and health-care companies, raising ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
... day. The local bourse started the day in positive territory, but was driven back by falls in the banks, miners and energy stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 10.1 points at 6281.1, while the all ordinaries lost 8.6 points to ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
... capital spending may be losing steam. The Nikkei fell 164.96 points to 17,512.98, its lowest close since May 2. HONG KONG - Stocks set fresh highs, with China stocks topping 11,000 for the first time, but the benchmark index ended down 0.53 per cent ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... points on Monday to a record 6,345.1, while the all ordinaries gained 49.4 points to a record 6,346.7 points. NEW YORK - US stocks rose on Monday on takeover news, including the sale of most of Chrysler by its German parent, DaimlerChrysler, which boosted ...