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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... 0.77 per cent and Swiss stocks gained 0.41 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets were mixed on Monday after a US jobs report gave a muddy picture of the state of the world's biggest economy, while concerns over Egypt pushed oil back above $100. Tokyo ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... and oil companies led the gains. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares rose on Monday, benefitting from the positive US jobs report released last week. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed up 35.7 points, or 1.1 per cent, at 3,143.1 points.

Squared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
... 65,000 as more Census workers are let go. Private sector jobs are forecast to increase by 90,000. This leaves the US jobs report wide open to a number of interpretations. So can't blame Wall Street for being square last night.

Don't know where to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... of the 2 per cent increase it achieved the week before. But last week was punctuated by the better than expected US jobs report which pushed the S&P 500 index to close 1.4 per cent higher on the day. But it's the same jobs report that perhaps created ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... cent, weighed by deepening concerns over Toyota's mass safety recall while investors remained cautious ahead of a US jobs report. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index fell 48.35 points to 10,355.98. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares fell ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... 0.25 per cent, following an overnight decline on Wall Street as cautious investors took profits ahead of a key US jobs report. The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 55.72 points to 22,498.15. WELLINGTON - The float of DNZ Property Fund has been pulled but ...

Dead cat bouncers dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... giving up the job search in July. Having said that, there were more positives contained in the already positive US jobs report. The average work week - a good leading indicator of future employment (working time needs to rise first before additional ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... cent, to 1,293.85. LONDON - Most European and US stock indices fell modestly on Friday as early gains following an US jobs report that was no worse than expected dissipated amid ongoing fears about the state of the world's largest economy. In the UK ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... stock markets closed sharply higher, getting a boost from gains on Wall Street as investors bet that a very weak US jobs report would prompt more interest rate cuts. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares gained 92.55, or 2.17 per cent, to 4,364.96. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
... points at 5,203.24 points. TOKYO - The Nikkei average jumped 1.39 per cent, as manufacturing stocks rallied after a US jobs report eased export market concerns. The Nikkei climbed 223.82 points to 16,358.07. HONG KONG - Stocks rose as US employment data ...