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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... Industrial Average dropped 279.65 points (2.22 per cent) to 12,290.14, with all 30 of the blue chips in the losing column, led by Alcoa and Caterpillar, both down 4.3 per cent. Mr Chatterton said the gold price remained buoyant and would probably strengthen ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... better-than-expected first quarter 2011 earnings result from other "growth-drivers of the economy". Here are my four for your four: Alcoa, Caterpillar, Intel, JP Morgan. "Defensive stocks outperforming. The best performers lately include utility companies ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... energy sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.95 per cent, down 117.53 points at 12,263.58 when the market settled. Alcoa shares fell around 6.3 per cent by the end of trade, after the aluminium producer reported solid earnings but lower than ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... driven up its share price. Mr Muller also said that bauxite miner and alumina refiner Alumina was significantly lower, after Alcoa Inc's weaker-than-expected profit in the US kicked off the quarterly corporate earnings season there on Tuesday morning ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... company groups that make up the index. The Nasdaq composite lost 8.91, or 0.3 per cent, to 2,771.51. After the market closed, Alcoa Inc reported a first-quarter profit on higher aluminum prices and sales, partially offset by a weaker dollar and higher ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... company profits to rise by 12 per cent in the first quarter of 2011 and by 17 per cent for the entire year. Gauging from Alcoa's - the first to company to confess - better-than-expected first quarter earnings result, equity markets could be in for another ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... for oil, gas and other raw materials are affecting corporate profits. They'll get their first glimpse next Monday, when Alcoa Inc. reports its first-quarter earnings, providing the unofficial start of earnings season. More than four stocks rose for every ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... 2,791.19. Companies that make basic materials rose as traders anticipated more price increases for commodities. Aluminum maker Alcoa Inc rose 2.8 per cent, Newmont Mining Corp rose 4.4 per cent and Dow Chemical Co rose 1.3 per cent. Many investors have ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... gains for major stock indices. With oil prices reaching a 30-month high of $US108 a barrel, some investors are waiting for Alcoa Inc to report its first quarter earnings next Monday, the unofficial start of the earnings season, before making any big ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... knock-on affects of higher metal and commodity demand and Japanese reconstruction. The Dow was dragged upward by aluminum giant Alcoa, which added over three per cent, and manufacturing behemoth 3M which rose by 1.6 per cent as the costs of everything ...