Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 581 - 590 of 3675 results for "Wall STreet"

So good but for the wrong spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... jingling your bells and singing hallelujah too, Virginia, when you look at what happened on 'The Street' last night. Wall Street went on a tear, sending the Dow (up 0.8%), the S&P 500 (up 0.7%) and the Russell 2000 (up 1.1%) indices up, up and away to ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street stocks barrelled to new records, following strong US car sales and Chinese manufacturing data. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 19 points ...

Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
oh there we have it folks! Wall Street ends the last day of the month, the quarter and the first six months of 2014, to quote T.S. Elliot, "not with a bang but a whimper. If you must know Virginia, the S&P 500 index finished a teenie-weenie 0.04% lower ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite a mixed performance on Wall Street following a jump in US pending home sales and General Motors' announcement of another massive car recall. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street in a quiet day of trading in its last session with strong earnings from Nike helping to offset a profit warning from DuPont. At 0645 AEST on Monday, the September share price ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
The share market was slightly weaker at noon after falls on Wall Street overnight and poor spending data in the US provided negative leads. A higher iron ore price has given some miners a boost, while energy, telecommunications and utilities are doing ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... This is two quarters earlier than consensus expectations for the first lift to happen in the third quarter of 2015. Wall Street dropped - the S&P 500 index by as much as 0.8%; the Dow by 0.7% the Nasdaq by 0.7% -- in early trade before it kept on truckin' ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell following disappointing economic data. At 0645 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up five points at 5,431. US consumer spending, which accounts for ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after solid gains on Wall Street with the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaching a fresh high. At 0803 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,390. The Dow ...

But they said it was Iraq

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... clicked but I can't find no... no, no, no... no mention of that which was finger-pointed for yesterday's sharp fall on Wall Street. Yes, Virginia there wasn't any mention of Iraq. Wall Street rebounded overnight despite continuing - nay, escalating -- ...