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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
... takeover activity in the technology sector, which offset nerves over a monetary policy meeting beginning at the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 61.93 points to 12,288.10 and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index firmed 8.88 points ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
... takeover activity in the technology sector, which offset nerves over a monetary policy meeting beginning at the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones industrial average ended up 61.93 points to 12,288.10. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index settled up 8.88 points ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
... data showed fourth-quarter wage pressures eased while productivity increased, which reinforced the view that the Federal Reserve has no need for now to raise interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average closed unofficially down 18.35 points, or 0.14 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
... inflation. Friday's more muted activity followed a broad rally this week, driven by fairly robust earnings and the Federal Reserve's signal that rates are likely to hold steady now as inflation moderates further. A 1 per cent drop in aircraft maker Boeing ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
... S&P climbing to 5,829.3 and the all ordinaries hitting 5,808.2. NEW YORK - US stocks rallied overnight after the Federal Reserve held rates steady and signalled no shift in policy for now. In the statement with its decision, the Fed raised no additional ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... jump in oil prices to nearly $US57 a barrel spurred a rally in the energy sector, while skittishness before the Federal Reserve's interest-rate decision limited gains. Motorola Inc shares increased after investor Carl Icahn said he would seek a seat ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
... who closely track inflation in the US although the strength of the US employment market continues to cause the Federal Reserve there to issue warnings about the omnipresent danger of a breakout in inflation.

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
... on concern that Dell Inc may have reduced orders for flat panel displays. A brief attempt at a rally after the Federal Reserve left benchmark rates unchanged, as expected, stalled when investors focused instead on the central bank's dour view of the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
... International Group Inc spurred optimism about the economic outlook. But investors were cautious a day before the Federal Reserve's final meeting of the year. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 20.99 points, or 0.17 per cent, to close at 12,328.48. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2006
... economic growth in the US has been revised upward from 1.6 per cent to 2.2 per cent as a result of estimates from the Federal Reserve's Beige Book which showed that only one of the twelve districts examined experienced a slowdown in economic growth. ...