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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... the broader All Ordinaries index lifted 43.1 points, or 0.86 per cent, to 5,039. NEW YORK - US stocks rebounded as oil prices fell and investors took advantage of bargains in financial stocks after two days of decline. Stocks initially fell after the ...

Same old same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... another drubbing today following another down day in the US overnight. US stocks fell on the back of a reversal in oil prices and the release of some disappointing US economic data last night. Crude oil prices bounced back by 2.7% to more than US$116 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... 4,995.9. NEW YORK - Wall Street receded again on Wednesday after a US Government report on retail sales and a jump in oil prices raised concerns on whether consumer spending could generate economic growth. The Commerce Department said retail sales slipped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... recommendations and earnings estimates for the investment bank. The day's trading illustrated the ongoing push-and-pull caused by oil prices and any news about financials. The major US bourses were volatile and ceased to track one-another. The Dow Jones ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... the broader All Ordinaries rose 31.7 points to 5,069.3. NEW YORK - US stocks closed modestly higher today as falling oil prices eased inflation fears and the market shrugged off an escalating deadly conflict between Russia and Georgia. The Dow Jones ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... 5,037.6. NEW YORK - US stocks rallied strongly Friday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rocketing 302 points as world oil prices dived, soothing fears that fresh inflationary pressures could further depress an already ailing economy. The rising US ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... weighed down by the banking sector. Wall Street pared early losses and ended slightly higher overnight as a drop in oil prices helped restrain fresh worries about the financial sector. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up three points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... points, or 2.79 per cent to 5018.1. NEW YORK - Stocks pared early losses and traded narrowly mixed Wednesday as a drop in oil prices helped restrain fresh worries about the financial sector. Investors began the day fearing more industry-wide writedowns ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... investors responded to a report that services sector activity fell less than expected last month and to another drop in oil prices that took crude as low as $US118 a barrel. But the Fed gave stocks a huge push higher in the last hours of trading. In ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... the lowest close since July 18. HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices closed down 1.5 per cent Monday as concern about oil prices once again spooked investors, while banking titan HSBC posted a 29-per cent profit tumble. The Hang Seng index shed 347.68 ...