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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
... report on orders for big-ticket manufactured goods helped offset worries about the economic outlook and a big jump in oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 89.64 points, or 0.79 per cent, to 11,502.51. The technology-heavy Nasdaq added ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... cent, to 5,082.3. NEW YORK - Wall Street ended mixed on Tuesday as concerns about the path of Hurricane Gustav sent oil prices higher and offset a better-than-expected reading on consumer confidence. Comments from the Federal Reserve about rising inflation ...

Bad news galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... forecast from 3.9 percent to 3.7 percent. Meanwhile, commodity prices fell overnight led by the oil and gold. Crude oil prices declined to US$113.77 a barrel while gold traded US$7.30 lower to US$825.20 per ounce.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
... Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US stocks rose on Friday as financial stocks gained and a plunge in oil prices soothed worries about inflation and consumer spending. At 0750 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September ...

Capex & Credit at the forefront

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 24 AUG 2008
... However, lower petrol prices and the slight weakening in the euro should cushion the decline. Meanwhile, the fall in crude oil prices in August is expected to bring Eurozone CPI down slightly to 4 percent from 4.1 percent in the year to July.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... adviser Bill Bishop said morning trade had shown a "refreshing bounce" after yesterday's local losses. Higher gold and oil prices had not stopped the US market finishing higher overnight, he said. "Ours is behaving in a similar way; we're actually looking ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... 0.96 per cent to 4949.6. NEW YORK - Wall Street ended mixed on Thursday after investors largely shrugged off a jump in oil prices and focused instead on a bullish analyst call on Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc that eased worries about the financial sector. ...

More worries for US financials

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... overnight as concerns about the financial sector resurfaced and another negative housing news overcame a drop in crude oil prices. Crude oil prices settled below US$113 a barrel last night following reports that Tropical Storm Fay will miss large oil ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... mixed on Friday as worries about credit markets and the economy tempered investors' upbeat sentiments about falling oil prices. At 0738 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's September share price index futures contract was down eight points at 4,930. In ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... and third biggest company Rio Tinto fell $3.55, or 3.01 per cent, to $114.40. Energy companies also declined after oil prices fell 99 cents to $US115.01 overnight as waning US demand for energy overshadowed supply threats from the conflict in Georgia. ...