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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... big boost after Citigroup raised its forecast for the price of aluminum, lifting shares of Alcoa Inc 6.6 per cent. Caterpillar Inc, a top maker of earth-moving equipment, also rose. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 130.43 points, or 1.02 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
... noon - up more than two per cent - driven by a strong lead from the US on Friday after bellwether stocks Google and Caterpillar delivered profit results above expectations. Despite posting a $US5.11 billion ($A5.48 billion) quarterly loss on writedowns ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
... expected to open higher this morning after US stocks gained on Friday on better than expected profit results from Caterpillar and Google, and from Citigroup. At 0757 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was 79 points higher ...

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 ...