Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 521 - 530 of 951 results for "Gaining"

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... 12,820.60 at the close, while the S&P 500 fell by 4.6 points to 1353.39. But the tech-rich Nasdaq barely bucked the trend, gaining 0.18 points to 2933.82. Shares opened sharply down on the JPMorgan loss, rebounded into positive territory at mid-session ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... points, to 9,380.25 and Seoul climbed 0.86 per cent, adding 17.08 points to 1,999.07. Hong Kong was 1.02 per cent higher, gaining 214.87 points to 21,309.08 while Shanghai climbed 1.76 per cent, or 42.12 points, 2,438.44. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index ...

S&P Indices expands fixed income

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... designed to provide investors a strategic means for assessment of the benefits and risks of an alternative approach to gaining exposure. "Most bond benchmarks are market value weighted but there are other ways to look at the market and from the perspective ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... Whitehaven Coal and Aston Resources merger. The local market closed higher on Friday, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gaining 42.7 points, or one per cent, to 4,323.3 points, and the broader All Ordinaries index added 42.5 points, or 0.97 per cent ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... regional rival Austar after receiving the competition watchdog's approval. Austar shares were one of the few bright sparks, gaining 3.75 per cent to $1.51. Meanwhile, the big four banks were all around one per cent lower. National Australia Bank shed ...

QE going, going ...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... in line with market expectations, equities are looking good. A positive report affirms the view that the US recovery is gaining momentum. Good equities. A negative one could give punters what they're asking for and spur Ben's green stuff printing machine ...

Boring same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... able to ignore last night's downdraft from Europe. With the influx of recent indicators suggesting that the US economy is gaining momentum, the OECD would be remiss if it hadn't done so. US real GDP growth confirms this - unrevised at an annualised rate ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... lower, it recovered quite a bit with bargain hunting," he told AAP. "Commodity prices are slightly higher as well. Oil is gaining ground from the other day as well. "The data was not too bad. If you have a look at the big picture there's good employment ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... two cents to $65.83 on concerns over China's slowdown, Mr Spooner said. Oil majors were mixed with Woodside Petroleum gaining 13 cents to $35.10, but Oil Search slipped one cent to $6.95 and Santos fell nine cents to $14.44. Major banks were mixed with ...

Better days are getting happier

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... record 1565.15 point summit reached on 9 October 2007. The good news: The US labour market is not only improving, it's gaining momentum. Jobless claims fell by a more than expected 14K in the week ending 9 March to a four-year low of 351K. The less volatile ...