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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... after enthusiasm for the Federal Reserve's liquidity injection began to subside. A profit upgrade from bellwether Caterpillar Inc boosted industrials. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 46.57 points, or 0.38 per cent, to 12,110.24 and the Standard ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... yet." US stocks tumbled over 2.6 per cent on Friday after the world's biggest construction and mining equipment maker, Caterpillar, slashed its earnings guidance and warned that the US housing slump was spreading to the wider economy. Back home, market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... fell 57.7 points to 6723.3. NEW YORK - Stocks plunged over 2.6 per cent as construction and mining equipment maker Caterpillar Inc cut forecasts and warned that the US housing slump was spreading to the wider economy. The big drop came on the 20th anniversary ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... flat at the end of trade overnight. US blue-chips rose, with the Dow offered help by large manufacturing stocks like Caterpillar Inc, likely to benefit from a reduction in benchmark interest rates. Trade changed direction in the hour before the market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... flat at the end of trade overnight. US blue-chips rose, with the Dow offered help by large manufacturing stocks like Caterpillar Inc, likely to benefit from a reduction in benchmark interest rates. Trade changed direction in the hour before the market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... most sensitive to a potential downturn in the economy, such as oil producer Exxon Mobil and industrial conglomerate Caterpillar. The Dow Jones industrial average declined 15.69 points, or 0.12 per cent, to 12,845.78. But the Standard & Poor's 500 Index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
... weaker sentiment was attributed to concerns surrounding the subprime mortgage market. Results from companies such as Caterpillar Inc and Google also were disappointing. The Dow Jones mindustrial average dropped 149.33 points or 1.07 per cent to 3,851.08 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
... summer temperatures, hurting utility stocks. But the Dow was lifted by large manufacturers United Technologies Corp and Caterpillar Inc, both of which hit lifetime highs on optimism about their upcoming earnings. The Dow Jones industrial average was ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2007
... day of the quarter, with takeover activity and figures revealing a lift in manufacturing in June offering support. Caterpillar Inc and United Technologies Corp propelled the increases in the Dow industrials after an unexpected rise in the Institute for ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... suggesting to some that there was still some value left in the market. Big-cap manufacturers, including Honeywell and Caterpillar, traded higher following data from the Institute for Supply Management showing national factory activity in April rose to ...