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Morning market wrap: US stocks close higher

... closed up 5.5 points (0.5%) at 1,016.4. In London the FTSE 100 closed a further 9.9 points lower at 4,242.2. The US bond market weakened despite strong demand at the Treasury's 10-year bond auction, with the yield on the 10-year bond closing up four ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks end lower on recovery fears

... the FTSE 100 closed down 11.8 points at 4,252.1, despite favourable earnings news from major retailers. In the US bond market, the auction of 5-year Treasury notes was completed amid strong demand. The yield on the 10-year bond subsequently fell 8 points ...

Midday market wrap: $A firmer but bonds weaker

... extended its payrolls-inspired losses, before a bounce in US equities dragged the US dollar back up. The Australian bond market was weaker to noon, following in the footsteps of the US Treasury market as it faltered in the wake of the equity rally. At ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks, bonds make further gains

... closed 19.4 points (0.2%) higher at 9,587.9, while the S&P 500 added 1.7 points (0.2%) to finish at 1,028.0. But the bond market garnered succour from a surprising spike to 413,00 in initial jobless claims last week, and also from comments by at least ...

Morning market wrap: Manufacturing data propels US stocks higher

... London the FTSE 100 closed precisely unchanged at 4,20404. The ISM result added to the bearish sentiment in the US bond market, with the yield on the 10-year bond climbing to a new 12-month high. The yield ended the day at 4.61%, compared with 4.47% ...

Morning market wrap: US shares close up on low turnover

US share markets closed higher Friday, despite low turnover ahead of the Labor Day long weekend. Markets were helped by the release of the Chicago NAPM index, which jumped four points to 58.9 in August. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 41. 6 points ...

Midday market wrap: Local shares make further ground

... stocks underperformed and investors remained wary of the potential for other banks to bid for AMP. The Australian bond market was also stronger after the decline in US yields overnight, and despite news of a $2.4 billion trade deficit in July. The yield ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds, stocks gain on mixed data

US equity and bond markets both closed higher Thursday, with investors drawing mixed conclusions from new economic data. The Commerce Department revised up its estimate of second quarter annualised GDP growth to 3.1%, from an initial estimate of 2.4%. ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares end modestly higher

... ended lower on the day. AMP closed 32c higher at $6.67, while News Corporation and Rio also enjoyed good advances. The bond market closed stronger, following a sharp decline in Treasuries yields overnight in the US. News that Australia's trade deficit ...

Midday market wrap: Local shares enjoy broad-based gains

... major banks. New Corporation and resource blue-chips were also higher, despite a lacklustre night on US exchanges. The bond market was a little weaker, in line with the US, with the yield on the benchmark May 2013 bond rising 3.5 points to 5.58%. The ...