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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker after Wall Street fell as a gloomy retail sales report renewed concerns about the US economy. At 0710 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 86 points lower ...

Lies, damned lies and statistics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... also evidences that the April job numbers lie within the realm of possibility. Consumers are spending. Australian retail sales rose by 2.2 per cent in March - more than four times market expectations for a 0.5 percent gain. Better, real retail sales ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... stock markets rallied on encouraging economic data from across the continent. Britain reported a surprise jump in retail sales, France saw a rise in consumer spending, while a German business confidence index rose from record lows. Analysts were hopeful ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... stock average lost 1.13 per cent on Wednesday as Canon Inc and other exporters slipped after surprisingly poor US retail sales data dampened hopes for an economic recovery and sent the yen higher. The Nikkei-225 index fell 99.72 points to 8,742.96. HONG ...

Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
Wall Street retreated last night apparently shocked at reports of an unexpected fall in US retail sales. The US Commerce Department reported that retail sales fell 1.1 per cent in March with sales ex-autos declining 0.9 per cent. Expectations were for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower on Wednesday following falls on Wall Street after a weak retail sales report punctured the market's optimism about the economy. At 0702 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... futures index was up 26 points at 3,592. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases retail sales and building approvals data, both for February. The Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... Friday, its biggest one-day gain in over three months as Canon Inc and other exporters surged after data showed US retail sales stabilising and Bank of America reported a return to profit. The Nikkei-225 index added 371.03 points, or 5.15 per cent, to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... at 3,343 on a volume of 25,710 contracts. Macquarie Private Wealth adviser Helen Spencer said better than expected retail sales data in the US had sparked some optimism among investors. "(The data) not necessarily means the economy's going gangbusters ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... February Labor Department report that is likely to show the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs. Better-than-expected retail sales and factory orders were not enough to stoke investor confidence. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 281.40 ...