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Afternoon market wrap: Shares sustain upward momentum

The All Ordinaries ended the day over 30 points higher, the index eventually finishing at 3,053.4. The gains followed strong advances Friday in US and European equity markets, and a rebound today in Japan's Nikkei 225. News Corporation led the local ...

Morning market wrap: US shares sharply lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2003
... although investors were reluctant to push the bond market higher ahead of Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's testimony to Congress next week. The yield on the benchmark 10-year bond fell 3 points to 3.66%. The US dollar soared to a two-month high against ...

Morning market wrap: Dow Jones ends losing streak

... US picked up 25.07 points on the Dow Jones index after US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan indicated to the US Congress' Joint Economic Committee that it would "not be unreasonable" to expect a pick-up in economic growth. Shares in the UK had ...