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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... that more than erased Monday's losses. The S&P 500-stock index advanced 10.03 (0.74 per cent) to 1,363.67, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 13.10 (0.45 per cent) at 2,910.04. Stocks reversed earlier losses as investors hoped for more monetary policy ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... closing at 12,727.21, trimming earlier losses. The S&P 500-stock index fell 3.14 (0.23 per cent) to 1,353.64, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq slid 11.53 (0.40 per cent) to 2,896.94. US retail sales fell by 0.5 per cent last month, the Commerce Department ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... Seoul jumped 1.54 per cent, or 27.50 points, to finish at 1,812.89, helped by the China data but also rebounding following a heavy loss on Thursday after the Bank of Korea unexpectedly cut interest rates. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 5.9 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
The Australian sharemarket has opened almost one per cent lower in line with falls in the US after the release of a disappointing jobs report there on Friday. At 1015 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 35.1 points, or 0.84 per cent ...

Research key to Asian small caps

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
There are opportunities for investors willing to take a research-heavy approach to Asian small cap equities. "It is an area that is under researched, and nowadays when liquidity is low, there is even less broker coverage," said Douglas Loh, chief operating ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... points, or 1.24 per cent, at 12,651.91. The S&P 500-stock index advanced 14.22 (1.08 per cent) to 1,329.10, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite added 17.72 (0.63 per cent) to 2,836.33. A rise in weekly initial jobless claims and a fall in monthly consumer ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... 162.57 points (1.31 per cent) to 12,573.80. The S&P 500-stock index added 15.25 (1.17 per cent) to 1,324.18, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite surged 33.34 points (1.19 per cent) to 2,843.07. LONDON - Almost all major European stock markets closed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... 12.53 (0.46 per cent) to 2,760.01. LONDON - European stock markets have closed mixed, finding some support after recent heavy losses driven by increasing concerns over the eurozone debt crisis, weak US data and a slowdown in China. Dealers said trade ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... liquidity loans for euro zone banks at least through 2012. European stocks moved sharply higher, extending gains after recent heavy losses, on hopes EU leaders can keep Spain's stricken banking system afloat and the euro zone debt crisis at bay. In equities ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... 12.53 (0.46 per cent) to 2,760.01. LONDON - European stock markets have closed mixed, finding some support after recent heavy losses driven by increasing concerns over the eurozone debt crisis, weak US data and a slowdown in China. Dealers said trade ...