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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... 4,523.2. NEW YORK - US stock markets rallied on Tuesday, with all three major indices leaping more than one per cent amid optimism that Europe would reach a deal to avoid a destabilising default by Greece. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 145.13 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... satisfy the International Monetary Fund and eurozone finance ministers. The Dow has risen for four straight days amid optimism that Europe and the IMF will succeed in their plan to prevent a Greek default, which could have potentially devastating consequences ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... per cent, to 4,512.5. NEW YORK - US stocks closed higher on Monday, as early fears of eurozone contagion gave way to optimism that Brussels and Athens would tackle the Greek debt crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was closed 76.02 points, or 0.63 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... despite gains on Wall Street and positive US data but Tokyo remained buoyant thanks to bullishness on Tokyo Electric Power. Optimism from figures suggesting the Chinese economy is not heading for a hard landing was tempered by Beijing's decision to almost ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... April, but the Beige Book report cited trouble spots in the US east and midwest, where industrial growth and business optimism is flagging. Energy stocks were lifted after OPEC agreed to maintain output quotas at a Vienna meeting, sending global oil ...

Bigger picture, nicer picture

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011

Property managers stifled by lenders

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... professionals stating that now is the right time in the investment cycle to re-enter the direct property market, however, that optimism is yet to return to the major lenders," said Robert Olde, president, ADPIA. Despite a relatively barren year for property ...

May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... Strong factory orders point to strong business investment going forward. Strong business investment points to increasing optimism among US firms. Perhaps enough to continue adding to their existing staff. This report is consistent with data showing US ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... news of the death of Osama bin Laden. Tokyo closed above 10,000 points on the back of a strengthening greenback amid optimism Wall Street shares would rise following the death of the Al-Qaeda mastermind, dealers said. It was the first time the Nikkei ...

Any which way is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... would have missed out on another day of just plain doing nothing but enjoying our holiday. As far as Wall Street goes, optimism was in the air even before the opening bell - or shall I say, dip buyers were all geared up. The S&P 500 and the Dow jumped ...