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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... it completed its debt refinancing program, raising $550 million including over-subscriptions of $50 million. US equity markets had their largest one day gain almost two months boosted by a rally in energy and retail sectors. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... weighed on the big miners, with BHP Billiton down 28 cents to $46.22 and Rio Tinto off 46 cents to $146.06. US equity markets fell on Friday as oil prices hit another record high and on renewed concerns over losses in the financial sector. The Dow Jones ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... by the financial sector after ANZ Banking revealed larger than expected provisioning for bad corporate debts. US equity markets were mixed following a low outcome for a consumer sentiment survey. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
The Australian share market has opened lower, shrugging off a positive run by US equity markets which rose overnight on strengthening expectation that the US Federal Reserve again will cut rates this week. At 1015 AEDT, the S&P/ASX200 index was down ...

Market wrap - midday

... big miners capped gains, with BHP Billiton falling 64 cents to $36.88 and Rio Tinto shedding $1.66 to $121.30. US equity markets had a volatile session overnight. Stocks initially fell following a poor profit outlook from Intel, then rose following better ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... Billiton was down two cents to $38.28, Alumina had shed 10 cents to $6.13 but Rio Tinto was up 20 cents to $125.80. US equity markets declined for a third straight week last week. American Express warned of mounting credit card defaults and Tiffany and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... to $27.62 and Westpac lost 40 cents to $28.22. The market was weighed down by a weak result on Wall Street. US equity markets fell to two-month lows on Friday on poor reports from financial and technology companies. The Dow Jones industrial average lost ...

Markets shake rattle and roll

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
... true on the bank's expected additional write-downs which tallied to $11 billion. With worst fears realised, US equity markets fell and the S&P 500 dropped 0.4 per cent and Dow was down 0.2 per cent. However, a late run on the markets this morning, as ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
... Australian sharemarket soared to new intraday highs today, buoyed by strong resource stocks and a solid lead from the US equity markets which rallied to new records overnight. At 1205 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 45 points to 6722.8 - ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2007
... cent, to $44.34. Rio Tinto lost $1.11, or 1.23 per cent, to $108.66 while Alumina Ltd shed six cents to $7.16. US equity markets were lower overnight, the decline led by tech stocks after downgrades by some brokers. The Dow Jones industrial average was ...