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Morning market wrap: US stocks, bonds end lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2003
US stocks slumped overnight, driven lower by renewed rises in bond yields and a disappointing earnings report from Cisco Systems Inc. The bond market was undermined by a poor response to the first leg of the Treasury's quarterly refunding, and a report ...

Morning market Wrap: US stocks, bonds steady

... continued to range-trade Monday, while the bond market showed signs of consolidating after nearly two months of steady selling. Stocks eventually ended higher on the day, after bargain-hunters pushed markets back up from the lower ends of recent trading ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares creep higher in late trade

... afternoon were the major banks, all of which closed higher after opening down from yesterday's closing levels. Major resource stocks, and media and telecommunications stocks also ended the day higher. The bond market enjoyed a day of mixed gains as the ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares open lower

... vigourous US recovery in the second half of the year. News Corporation shed 17c to $11.63, while among the major resource stocks Rio lost 29c to trade at $32.19 and BHP Billiton eased 10c to $9.98. The bond market was slightly stronger, despite a mixed ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks dip on disappointing data

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2003
US stocks ended the week lower, as July employment and manufacturing data fell short of investors' optimistic expectations. But Treasuries also were unable to capitalise on the disappointing news, ending the day mixed to slightly lower. Earlier the ...

Ratings agency delivers mixed verdicts on two international equity funds

... three-year period. Capital International aims to contribute two percentage points by bottom-up selection of international stocks, while CSAM also expects to add one percentage point through currency selection and by setting broad regional limits. Morningstar ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares end lower in quiet trade

... were broad-based, including the big four banks and insurance and investment services provider AMP. Cyclically sensitive stocks such as News Corporation, Rio, and BHP Billiton also ended lower, although Telstra held up relatively well losing 1c and closing ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks up on strong data

US stocks climbed higher Thursday, buttressed by a slew of strong economic data and solid earnings reports from Procter & Gamble and Exxon Mobil Corp. The Dow Jones industrial average closed 33.8 points higher at 9,233.8, while the S&P 500 advanced ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares end higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2003
... investors continued to gain confidence in the prospects for global economic recovery. News Corporation and blue-chip resource stocks bounded ahead, supported by strong economic data overnight in the US. But defensive sectors were mixed, with ANZ and ...

US economic growth likely, but less than Fed expectations: ICAP

... said that fiscal and monetary policy stimulus will be gradually withdrawn from next year and interest rates will rise and stocks are unlikely to duplicate the performance seen so far this year. The current account deficit needs to be reined in as well ...