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Afternoon Market Wrap: Mixed performance by blue chips

The Australian share market closed slightly higher today amid a mixed performance by blue chip stocks. Banking and resource stocks had mixed fortunes, while index heavyweights Telstra and News Corp softened. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed 1.5 ...

Morning Market Wrap: Busy day expected; Dollar bounces overnight

In SYDNEY today, stocks on the Australian share market are likely to rise, following yet another strong lead from Wall St overnight. Trading volumes should pick up, after a subdued session yesterday while NSW, South Australian and the ACT took a public ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Flat trading for NSW, SA and ACT public holiday

... NZSX-40 capital index was up 6.57 points at 2205.26. Market heavyweight Telecom ran against the market's positive trend, its stocks finishing down 1c at 506, having traded $24.2 million worth on turnover of 4.8 million. On the New Zealand Exchange today ...

Midday Market Wrap:Tokyo opens high; ASX subdued

... holidays in NSW, South Australia and ACT for Labour Day. News Corp and major resources pushed the bourse higher, while gold stocks tumbled after a slump in the price of the precious metal on overseas markets. At 1017 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index ...

Morning Market Wrap: US stocks surge; AU$ weaker

In NEW YORK, Stocks surged on Friday, racking up a third straight day of gains, after a report showing US employers added jobs for the first time in eight months boosted investors' expectations for an economic rebound. The rally helped major market ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Quiet end to ASX week

Australian stocks ended the week on a positive but quiet note, as a rally in Telstra and key resources stocks helped lift the bourse in subdued trade. After jumping more than one per cent yesterday, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index firmed another 3.9 ...

Midday Market Report: Dollar firm; All eyes on Japan

... range it played overnight and remained watchful for any move by the Bank of Japan to defend dips in the US dollar. Tokyo stocks opened slightly higher today, with bank issues fuelling the rise following Wall Street's uptick. The US dollar was lower against ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks make further gains

US stocks posted a second consecutive day of gains, although investors remained wary of the September payrolls report due for release tomorrow. Concerns over a sagging recovery earlier this week had pushed indexes back down to one-month lows. The Dow ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks rebound on comforting data

US stocks rebounded strongly in overnight trade, as bargain hunters entered the market and following a report showing US manufacturing activity continued to expand modestly in September. Investors returned with renewed vigour after most major indexes ...

Afternoon market wrap: $A rockets to five-and-a-half year high

... level since February 1998 - during overnight trade in New York, as the US dollar was savaged by its major rivals. Tokyo stocks gained today after a key survey indicated Japanese business conditions have improved to their strongest levels in nearly three ...