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Morning market wrap: Market turns spotlight on AMP

... created significant doubts among some investors. The May Day public holiday in the UK meant no trade on the FTSE-100, but US stocks finished 51.11 points lowers but support for tech stocks pushed the Nasdaq marginally higher. All Ordinaries: 2948.00 ...

Afternoon market wrap: AMP suffers afternoon slump

... but then slipped into reverse to finish at $5.40, a loss of $0.20. Westpac bucked the trend among the big four banking stocks and recorded a rise of $0.18 to $16.00. St George also enjoyed a good day following the announcement of a $298 million half-year ...

Morning market wrap: Economic data drags US shares lower

Disappointing economic data weighed on US investors' minds, pushing the Dow Jones index 25.84 points lower. Tech stocks fared better, lifting the Nasdaq to 1472.56 points. All Ordinaries: 2965.60 (+0.00) Dow Jones: 8454.25 (-25.84) NASDAQ: 1472.56 (+8.25) ...

Afternoon market wrap: Airline stocks continue to climb

The All Ordinaries trailed lower at close of trading today while Qantas and Air New Zealand stocks continued to surge higher. Qantas shares closed at $3.18, up $0.14 or 4.6% and Air New Zealand shares were higher by $0.02 or 5.6% to $0.38. The banking ...

Midday market wrap: Airlines take off again

... was marginally stronger during the morning session as most of the market cooled down from yesterday's gains, but airline stocks continued to surge higher. With the SARS crisis apparently easing, Air New Zealand jumped by almost 10% to $0.395, while Qantas ...

Midday market wrap: Airline stocks take off

The All Ordinaries index overturned yesterday's losses in the morning session, buoyed by stronger numbers overnight on Wall Street and an easing of the SARS crisis. Qantas and Air New Zealand both received some welcome support after falling yesterday. ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries continues to rise

... New Zealand was one of the big movers as the apparent easing of the SARS crisis brought investors back in behind airline stocks and sent the Hang Seng index shooting up by 286.46 points. The Kiwi carrier rose by 9.1% to finish at $0.355, while Qantas ...

Morning market wrap: Asian economies under pressure

East Asian economies are under pressure following North Korea's alleged admission of having a nuclear bomb. Stocks in South Korea and Japan fell by 3.5 per cent and 2% respectively as a consequence of the admission. Tokyo's Nikkei index is at a 20 year ...

ING moves for US-based Delta Capital Management

... undertaken by the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit this week revealed the disparity in performance between value and growth stocks has accelerated over the past two-to-three years due to difficult market conditions.

Afternoon market wrap: Banks continue to climb

... more sluggish that the morning period as softer numbers from Asia somewhat put a cap on earlier gains. However banking stocks enjoyed a fruitful day, with all the majors gaining ground. In percentage terms Westpac was the strongest performer, rising ...