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Morning Market Wrap: Dollar hits fresh highs

... expectations of a NAB takeover began to fade. The Australian share market closed yesterday near a one month low as blue chip stocks continued to absorb last week's news of an official rate hike. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index ended down 18.4 points ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares, bonds close down

The Australian sharemarket closed weaker today as blue chip stocks continued to absorb last week's news of an official rate hike. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index ended down 18.4 points at 3230.1 while the all ordinaries index fell 17.4 points to 3248.1. ...

Midday market wrap: Shares, bonds both ease on stronger US data

... S&P/ASX 200 index was 9.3 points weaker at 3239.2 while the all ordinaries index fell 7.6 points to 3257.9. On Wall Street, stocks fell on Friday despite a report showing US businesses hired more than twice the number of workers expected in October. ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar driven down by strong US currency

... at 94.17, compared to 94.21. The Australian stock market was fairly flat at noon with mixed performances among blue chip stocks. Macquarie Equities private client adviser Helen Spencer said investors were still digesting this week's unemployment data ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar weaker after US jobless claims plunge

... influences for direction, with little major financial or economic news expected. In Britain shares rose overnight, but US stocks were mixed, as investors waited for a crucial jobs report due out today. Yesterday, the Australian share market swung into ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares, dollar end higher

... despite being weighed down by the banking sector for most of the session. Gains by market heavyweight News Corp and resource stocks managed to reverse the downward slide on the local bourse, with banks continued their downward trend as investors took ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar opens weaker

... face further pressure today following falls on major overseas indices overnight. Yesterday, the local bourse fell as bank stocks plunged in reaction to news of a 0.25 per cent rise in official interest rates by the Reserve Bank of Australia. In late ...

Midday market wrap: Shares, bonds lower on RBA move

... contract was 18 points lower 3242 - an 8.1 point deficit to the underlying index - on a volume of 2,340 contracts. In New York stocks slipped over night as investors caught their breath, after pushing major market gauges to fresh 2003 highs in the previous ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks head lower on disappointing jobs data

U.S. stocks slipped on Tuesday as investors caught their breath after pushing major market gauges to fresh 2003 highs in the previous session and awaited more earnings and economic data later this week. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 19.63 ...

Afternoon market report: Trade thins as Melbourne Cup takes precedence

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2003
... the yield on the November 2006 bond was at 5.610 per cent from 5.605. A combination of strong economic data, higher US stocks and expectations of new Treasury supply later in the week weakened the US Treasuries market, taking local bond prices lower ...