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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... Shares of credit card company American Express and of Goldman Sachs Group Inc, the largest US securities firm, led financials lower. Home builders were another casualty, with the Dow Jones home construction index sliding nearly three per cent. The Dow ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
... Thursday as shares in energy companies climbed on supply concerns, offsetting worries about the economy and a pullback in financials. At home, mining giant BHP Billiton had added 99 cents to $42.99 and Rio Tinto firmed $4.50, or 3.23 per cent, to $14 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... than 3 per cent, as investors bet the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next month. Banks, insurers and other financials led the way higher after a Federal Reserve Bank official said recent turbulence may restrict credit more than previously thought ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... 2,627.94. LONDON - UK stocks lost 1.2 per cent as an intensifying credit market crisis threatened to further batter financials, while weak metal prices offset the impact of bid talk to take most mining stocks lower. The FTSE 100 index lost 77 points ...

Sub-prime chewing up financials

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
While the sub-prime mortgage monster continues gnawing away at financial stocks, oil is boiling towards $100 a barrel and China is snatching wads of its foreign cash reserves away from the green back. The US financial sector is still suffering a sub-prime-mauling ...

Sub-prime still has teeth

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... Fears and rumours over the extent of the fallout from the sub-prime credit crisis gave Wall Street the wobbles, and financials were again brutalised as downgrades on major financial stocks dished up uncomfortable reminders of the August tempest. Reporting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... Britain's leading shares fell 0.84 per cent, as suggestions the worst of the credit crunch is still to come shook the financials, particularly Barclays Bank. The FTSE 100 index ended down 55.5 to 6,530.6 points. The index fell 130.7 points during the ...

Equities without borders

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... pretty dangerous way to look at things." He said with over 65 per cent of the average Australian equities portfolio in financials and materials, Australians needed to diversify. "Our philosophy would be 'Don't run with the herd'," he said.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
... 85.63 points to 5,760.3. TOKYO - The Nikkei average lost ground as a stronger yen continued to plague exporters and financials were hurt by negative sentiment caused by Merrill Lynch and its $US8 billion write-down. The index dropped 74.22 points at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... jettisoned 39.45 points to 1,500.63. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 74.15 points to 2,725.16. LONDON - UK stocks fell as financials were hit by lingering fears about the global credit crunch. The FTSE 100 dropped 81.5 points to 6,527.9 points. FRANKFURT- ...