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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... The CAC climbed, or 32.71 points, 0.74 per cent, to finish at 4,453.62 points, with trading subdued because of a public holiday in France. TOKYO - The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index rose 62.61 points, or 0.48 per cent, to end at 13,019.41. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... Hillgrove Resources is holding an extraordinary general meeting. In Brisbane, it's the Royal Queensland Show Day public holiday. The Australian share market closed higher on Tuesday. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 27.5 points to 5,053.6, while the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... reach 4,327.14. TOKYO - The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index was untraded, as markets were closed for holiday Monday. On Friday it closed at 0.65 per cent lower at 12,803.70. HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices closed up 3.01 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... sector down heavily. "We didn't have a lead from the US market as it was closed on Friday for the Independence Day public holiday and the European market was pretty wishy-washy, so there was no positive lead coming from anywhere." Mr Heffernan said resources ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... feared and with another record oil price boosting energy shares. The broader S&P 500 index was little changed in a pre-holiday shortened trading session and the Nasdaq composite index fell after graphics chip maker Nvidia slashed its outlook, citing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... feared and with another record oil price boosting energy shares. The broader S&P 500 index was little changed in a pre-holiday shortened trading session and the Nasdaq composite index fell after graphics chip maker Nvidia slashed its outlook, citing ...

End of the world

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
... after endangered wombats notwithstanding that a Daily Telegraph online poll has 70 per cent of readers backing his wombat holiday. Readers wanting good news will have to wait until Sunday night so they can watch Kylie Minogue's guest appearance on Dr ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
The Australian share market was down more than two per cent at noon, as the banks led declines after US investment bank Lehman Brothers announced overnight it expects an unprecedented second-quarter loss. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... 5592.1, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 57.4 points to 5,691.2. The share market was closed for the Queen's Birthday holiday on Monday. NEW YORK - The Dow staged a modest rebound on Monday from Friday's nearly 400-point drop, as concerns about ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
... prices. The Hang Seng Index firmed 298.24 points to 24,831.36. WELLINGTON - The NZ stock exchange was closed for a public holiday.