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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following sharp losses on Wall Street. At 0748 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 47 points at 4,784. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

More flip flopping ahead for Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... appears that most traders and their dogs desire the latter - that is, to keep the fresh mints coming. Wall Street up last Thursday because disappointing eco stats - second estimate of first quarter real GDP, jobless claims and pending home sales - imply ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... tempered by other figures showing that the export powerhouse remained mired in deflation. The benchmark Nikkei index on Thursday lost 5.15 per cent as jittery investors dumped shares on the back of a stronger yen, following a week of wild volatility ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... at the Stockbrokers Association of Australia annual conference in Sydney. The local market closed at a six-week low on Thursday, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index down 44 points at 4,930.7 and the broader All Ordinaries index down 42.1 points at 4,917.1. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... Development also hit US and European equities. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index hit its lowest level since April 18 on Thursday, after the OECD forecast Australia's economy would grow at 2.6 per cent in 2013, down from a three per cent forecast made six ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... is set to open lower as forecasts of slower global economic growth caused falls on overseas markets. At 0755 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 22 points at 4,959. Wall Street and European markets dropped after the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... months under the pro-spending, pro-growth policies of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but tumbled 7.3 per cent on Thursday. The turbulence persisted for the next two sessions, with stocks driven down by a stronger yen and disappointing data from ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... 14,142.65 following a rollercoaster session last week that saw the benchmark index plunge more than seven percent on Thursday. The Nikkei had been making steady gains until Thursday when the benchmark index plummeted 7.3 per cent after disappointing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... NEW YORK - US stocks closed flat, reeling in early losses but showing caution following Japan's 7.3 per cent plunge on Thursday and ahead of the three-day US Memorial Day holiday weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished Friday up 8.60 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... expected on Friday. In equities news, InvoCare has its annual general meeting scheduled. In Australia, the market on Thursday suffered its biggest one-day fall in two months as more than $32 billion was wiped from the value of the bourse. The benchmark ...