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AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... weak lead from the US had set a soft tone for Monday morning, CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said. The US Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 0.72 per cent while the broad-based S&P 500 dropped 0.48 per cent on Friday night, following surprisingly ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... earnings reports from Amazon and some other companies in a move that some analysts also attributed to profit taking. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 123.23 points (0.72 per cent) to 16,960.57 on Friday. The broad-based S&P 500 dropped 9.64 (0.48 ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... run of gains. "Most sectors are trading in the red as there's a broad-based sell off," Bell Direct equities analyst Leanne Jones said. "Investors are taking profits and are being cautious ahead of next month's reporting season." The majority of companies ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... changed with the S&P 500 inching to a new record following mixed US economic data and a flood of corporate earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 2.83 points (0.02 per cent) to 17,083.80, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index dropped ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... market has opened higher, buoyed by gains on Wall Street and record production results from BHP Billiton. In the US the Dow Jones finished 0.36 per cent higher after investors welcomed the best existing-home sales figures in eight months and more corporate ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... geopolitical worries weighed on sentiment during the first trading session of a busy week of corporate earnings reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 48.45 points (0.28 per cent) to 17,051.73. The broad-based S&P 500 declined 4.59 (0.23 per ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash in Ukraine. Wall Street retreated sharply off the back of the news overnight. The Dow Jones closed 161.39 points, or 0.94% A lower to 16,976.81 after reaching a record high in the previous session. CommSec market analyst ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... cents to $81.42. Westpac was the lone hold out, falling 17 cents to $33.72. Telstra hit a new record high of $5.44. David Jones remains in a trading halt pending a Federal Court hearing over South African company Woolworths Holdings' $2.2 billion takeover ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a strong performance on Wall Street where the Dow Jones Industrial Average bolted to a new record. At 0812 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up 10 points at ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... leads. Wall Street was boosted by better-than-expected earnings from multinational bank Citigroup overnight, with the Dow Jones rising 0.66 per cent. Asian markets also finished stronger ahead of Chinese growth data to be released this week. CMC chief ...