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Afternoon market wrap: Shares stronger in late trade

... Australian share prices strengthened in afternoon trade, the All Ordinaries closing 13.2 points higher at 3070.9. Among stocks to make strong advances were Computershare and IAG, both up by over 3%. But WMC slumped a further 8c to close at $3.48, as ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks extend gains

... closing level in 11 months. However, gains were more narrowly based in the broader indexes, with the number of advancing stocks slightly outnumbered by declines. In European trade, the FTSE 100 also continued to extend recent gains. The UK index finished ...

Morning market wrap: Data spurs strong gains in US stocks

... higher, with banks and telecoms pushing the FTSE 18.8 points higher to 4,152.9. Meanwhile, stronger economic data and rising stocks helped the US dollar trim earlier losses against other major currencies. The US dollar ended over 0.2% higher against ...

Morning market wrap: US Stocks Slump Friday As Confidence Wanes

US stocks closed sharply lower Friday, following a survey showing consumer confidence soured in early June. The University of Michigan's index of consumer sentiment dropped to 87.2 in June from 92.1 in May, in contrast to forecasts of a modest rise. ...

Morning Market Wrap: US Stocks End Up On Signs of Improving Sentiment

US stocks posted a second consecutive gain, fuelled by a major brokerage house lifting its recommendation on International Business Machines Corp. and a cautiously optimistic tone in the Fed's latest "Beige Book". The Dow Jones industrial average rose ...

Morning market wrap: ECB cuts interest rates to 2%

... was seen as long overdue by some observers. Shares in the US finished marginally higher on the Dow Jones index as tech stocks continued to lead the way, pushing the Nasdaq up 11.36 points to 1646.01. All Ordinaries: 3008.00 (+0.00) Dow Jones: 9041.30 ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries edge higher

... slightly higher this afternoon as the banking sector returned positive figures in trading across the board. Of the major stocks, Qantas shares dipped $0.03 to $3.27 in an otherwise uneventful day in the stock market. The latest GDP figures reveal that ...

Morning market wrap: Major indices all rise

... recovery. AMP and Tower shareholders will hoping that this firmer global sentiment filters down to boost their respective stocks, which have taken a pounding over recent days and weeks. All Ordinaries: 2935.50 (+0.00) Dow Jones: 8594.02 (+77.59) NASDAQ ...

Investment style distinction "increasingly muddled": InTech

... InTech's head of manager research. Murray said that managers with strong growth and value biases were now investing in stocks previously considered 'off limits'. "Take CSL and Macquarie Bank for example, they are not uncommon in the portfolio of value ...

Value outperforms growth, but no time to switch: Mercer

... again been highlighted, this time by Mercer Investment Consulting's latest survey. In the three years to March 2003, growth stocks returned -24.6 per cent while value stocks returned -10.6% on average, Mercer said. This however, contrasts sharply with ...