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Morning market wrap: US tech stocks sag, bonds strengthen

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2003
Technology stocks weakened in US trade overnight, undermined by a series of lacklustre earnings forecasts. And broader market indexes also marked time, as buyers moved back into the bond market to take advantage of the sharp rise in yields over the ...

Morning market wrap: US bond selling extends to a fifth straight day

... Treasury bond rose a further 16 points to 4.45%, and has now jumped by almost 140 points in less than two months. Again, US stocks could make little headway in the draft of the bond market. The Dow Jones industrial average fell a further 62.1 points ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares end off lows

... sector succumbed to institutional selling, following the strong gains of recent weeks. Among other cyclically-oriented stocks to suffer losses were News Corporation and Telstra. The major banks all finished lower on the day. The Australian bond market ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds under more pressure

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2003
... and payrolls and the ISM index for July are all scheduled for release this week. The rise in yields continues to hamper stocks, despite the latest round of earnings reports broadly conforming to analysts' expectations. American Express Co., Kellogg ...

Morning market wrap: Dow closes at 5-week high

US stocks bounced sharply late Friday, spurred by economic data that again surpassed analyst forecasts. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 172.1 points (1.9%) to 9,284.6, a five-week high. The broader S&P 500 also rose 17.1 points (1.7%) to 998.7 ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares end higher

... markets. The All Ordinaries eventually closed at 3,103.1, up 21.8 points from Friday's close. Heading the gains were resource stocks, with Rio closing 70 cents higher at $32.66 and BHP Billiton ending the day 8 cents up at $9.93. News Corporation also ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares a little higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2003
... touch stronger in the morning session. At midday, the All Ordinaries was 3.3 points higher at 3,076.3. Major financial stocks were mixed, with NAB and CBA both opening slightly lower. But Westpac and ANZ strengthened from last night's closing levels ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds weaker on strong labour data

... subsequently rose 4 basis points to 4.17%, although losses were more contained at shorter parts of the US yield curve. US stocks also responded negatively to the rise in yields, and despite a slew of generally favourable earnings reports. The Dow Jones ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares edge up in late trade

... higher throughout the afternoon session. The All Ordinaries closed 8.3 points higher at 3,081.3, led by major resource stocks. BHP Billiton closed 20c higher at $9.85, while Rio added 38c to end at $31.96. The major banks ended the day mixed, while News ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks, bonds modestly higher

US share and bond markets were modestly higher in overnight trade, although the US dollar weakened on renewed uncertainty over the strength of the US recovery. At the end of trade, the Dow Jones industrial average had edged up 35.8 points (0.4%) to ...