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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after takeover optimism drove US stocks higher overnight. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 56 points higher at 4744. In economic news on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... cent, to 4693.7. NEW YORK - Investors popped the stock market's rally back in gear Friday after analyst upgrades boosted optimism about the economy. A 36-point advance in the Dow Jones industrial average left the index at a new high for the year and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... points, or 1.53 per cent, to a close of 1068.76. LONDON - European stock markets rallied sharply amid a wave of investor optimism that the global economic downturn is over the worst and that a tentative recovery is underway in major economies. US industrial ...

Three wise men - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... much, much greater than market expectations for a 0.4 per cent climb. Old habits die hard. Could this be that the bout of optimism that we have seen over the past few months is again pushing American consumers back to their spendthrift ways? Perhaps. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... cent, to 4547.2. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks lifted after a stronger-than-expected report on US retail sales reinforced optimism on the economic recovery. Retail sales jumped 2.7 per cent in August, led by the government's popular "Cash for Clunkers" ...

Property still in favour

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... declined from 46 per cent when the study was last conducted in 2006, following market volatility, there are signs of optimism and resilience among Australian investors, noted the ASX in a press statement.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... Europe's main stock markets rose on Friday after US indices struck the highest levels this year on Thursday on growing optimism about the economic future. In London the FTSE 100 index rebounded above 5,000 points, adding 23.79 points, or 0.48 per cent ...

Hermaphrodite economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... in the previous week. As well, continuing claims dropped to 6.1 million - the lowest levels since April. This provides optimism that the slowdown in the rate of decline in employment indicated by the August non-farm payrolls report is proceeding. In ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... Japanese share prices rose almost two per cent on Thursday after US stocks climbed for a fourth straight day on renewed optimism about prospects for a recovery in the world economy. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index gained 201.53 points, or 1.95 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... 4527.1. NEW YORK - US stocks rose for a fourth straight day Wednesday on the heels of strong gains in Europe and renewed optimism about recovery from the global recession. The market consolidated gains after a positive economic outlook by the US central ...