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Morning market wrap: US bonds under more pressure

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2003
US bond yields continued to rocket higher overnight, with the Treasuries market burdened by the prospect of new supply and a slew of economic releases later this week. The yield on the 10-year bond climbed 12 points to 4.30%, the highest level in over ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds weaker on strong labour data

US bond yields renewed their ascent of recent weeks, spurred by data from the US Labor Department showing a sharp drop in initial claims for unemployment benefits in mid-July. Claims fell 29,000 to 386,000 in the week to 19 July, the first time the ...

Local rate cut still possible: ICAP

The US economy is on the mend, and global bond markets will continue to feel the ripples over the balance of 2003, according to interdealer broker ICAP. But ICAP says the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will maintain an easing bias through this period ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds continue sell-off

US bond yields jumped sharply higher overnight, continuing the sell-off that began in earnest with Fed chairman Alan Greenspan's Congressional testimony last week. The yield on the benchmark 10-year government bond rose 21 basis points to 4.21%, and ...

Afternoon market wrap: Local shares extend losses

Afternoon market wrap: Local shares extend losses The Australian share market continued to drift lower in afternoon trade, further extending losses from the morning session. The All Ordinaries index ended the day at 3,048.5, down 22.1 points from last ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares tumble in early trade

Australian shares were trading lower Thursday morning, following losses overnight in US markets. US indexes were dragged lower in response to the earlier sharp rise in bond yields and disappointing earnings reports from Ford Motor Corporation and Lucent ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds claw back losses

US bond yields edged lower overnight, clawing back some of the losses prompted by Alan Greenspan's upbeat semi-annual testimony to Congress. The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond fell 6 points to 3.92%, while the yield on the 5-year bond was down 5 ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds crunched by Greenspan

US bond yields spiked higher after Fed chairman Alan Greenspan presented to Congress an upbeat view of US economic prospects over the balance of 2003 and for 2004. Reassurances the Fed would hold the funds rate low "for a considerable time" were ignored ...

Global share markets recover some earlier losses in the June quarter

A combination of improved investor sentiment and prospects of interest rate cuts during the June quarter has helped global share markets to recover some of their heavy losses. In their latest quarterly fund update Investors Mutual said that the Australian ...

Global bonds sell-off from their unsustainable levels: ICAP

In its weekly economic insight released today, ICAP reported that a major correction in global bond markets has begun, and that it remains unlikely that bond yields will reach their June lows again in this cycle. ICAP mentioned that the only rationale ...