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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... Ordinaries dipped 66.6 points, to 4923.3. NEW YORK - Stocks rebounded a day after their steep tumble, as a drop in oil prices and a rise in consumer confidence gave investors hope for a possible letup in Americans' financial woes. The prospect of lower ...

Who's next to confess?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... remain for as long as higher energy and food prices continue to erode purchasing power. The recent weakening in crude oil prices, if it continues, will be a welcome development.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... market was still not visible. Sentiment was also soured by the weekend closure of two regional banks and a rise in oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 239.61 points, or 2.11 per cent, to 11,131.08 and the Standard & Poor's 500 broad-market ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... National Australia Bank gained 35 cents to $29.96, ANZ climbed one cent to $18.90 and Westpac added four cents to $22.04. Oil prices shed nearly $US4 overnight, tumbling below $US125 a barrel for the first time since early June on growing fears that ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... stock market is expected to open in higher after US stocks rose modestly overnight amid another sharp decline in crude oil prices. At 0722 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract added 12 points to 5,113. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... than the previous corresponding period due to difficult market conditions. Wall Street closed higher on Tuesday after oil prices fell again. The Dow rose 135.16, or 1.18 per cent to 11,602.50 and the Standard & Poor's 500 index jumped 17, or 1.35 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... market is expected to open in positive territory after Wall Street closed sharply higher overnight as another drop in oil prices improved investor sentiment. At 0811 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract ...

CAAM backs oil rich EMs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) Global Emerging Markets fund is bullish on a Russia and Brazil as a result of rising oil prices. Stephane Mauppin-Higashino, CAAM head of product specialist team, said the fund was overweight Brazil and Russia. "We are ...

Quiet Market Activity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... indication of whether higher or lower prices at the producer level are being passed onto consumers. In other news, crude oil prices rose by US$2.16 to US$131.04 a barrel overnight the US National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane watch for the southwest ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... from a year ago amid fresh writedowns from real estate but well above expectations. Sentiment was hurt by a rebound in oil prices, after steep falls last week. LONDON - European stock exchanges forged ahead on Monday. The London FTSE 100 index gained ...