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Midday Market Wrap: Market buoyant following US rally

... higher at 3207.0 - a 9.6 point premium to the underlying index - on a volume of 7,374 contracts. The gains came after US stocks rallied overnight amid expectations that economic data out this week will be positive and the US dollar climbed in value against ...

"Opportunistic" managers lead the way in brighter outlook for international equities

... factors for a prolonged period, as well as uncertain medium term economic conditions. "However, as global large cap, quality stocks have underperformed the rest of the market, we expect that managers with this bias (generally growth-oriented managers) ...

Midday Market Wrap: Quiet start driven by banks and safe haven stocks

The Australian share market extended its rise to noon today in a quiet market driven mostly by banks and safe haven stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index gained 10.7 points to 3179.8 by 1005 AEDT while the all ordinaries index put on 8.3 points to ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares dip following Istanbul bombings

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2003
... and the offices of the London-based banking giant HSBC killed 27 people and injured 400. In the United States overnight, stocks closed lower as investors, shaken by news of the deadly blasts, pulled back after early gains. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

Midday Market Wrap: Turkey terror impacts market

... Russell said. "Certainly the terrorism issues are dominating the market sentiment today." In the United States overnight stocks closed lower as investors, shaken by news of the deadly blasts in Istanbul, pulled back after early gains. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Midday market wrap: Local shares climb after gains overnight in US

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2003
... at 3189.6 by 1015 AEDT while the all ordinaries index had lifted 7.9 points to 3197.0. In the United States overnight, stocks rose for the first time in after four straight losing sessions. US stocks have surged in recent months, but some investors pulled ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares close higher

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2003
... and... the prospect of higher interest rates." In that environment, he said, banks were seen as defensive, "safe haven" stocks. National Australia Bank posted the biggest gain of the major banks, lifting 58 cents or 2.02 per cent to $29.31. Commonwealth ...

Morning Market Wrap: US markets weak

... bank HBOS on the back of an upbeat analyst note. The FTSE 100 index finished up 15.8 points at 4354.7. In Tokyo, Tokyo stocks rebounded from a three-month low to close up as investors bought back bank shares like Mizuho on bargain-hunting, but traders ...

Afternoon market wrap: shares closed mixed

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2003
The slide in the Australian share market closed mixed today, supported by stronger banking stocks, as the Australian dollar slipped back. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed one point higher at 3175.4, but the all ordinaries index gave up three points ...

Afternoon market wrap: Stronger dollar drives shares lower

... towards the end of the week. "The forecasts for our GDP are quite encouraging, and overall the forecasts for our leading stocks are also encouraging, so I am finding this is the stuff of bull markets." Stock Move Price AMP -0.010 6.150 ANZ Bank +0.030 ...