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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... Volatility Index rose 3.02, or 13.5 per cent, to 25.39. The VIX is known as the market's fear gauge because a rise signals traders are expecting more drops in stocks. LONDON - European stock markets closed sharply lower on Wednesday after the US Federal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... and aircraft dragged down the figure. Finally, the number of buyers who signed contracts to purchase homes fell in June. Traders are also uneasy ahead of the Labor Department's July employment report due out Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average fell ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... 64.01 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 21,029.81. Although the market had risen five per cent over the previous eight sessions, traders said profit-taking was mild. Alumina and aluminium producer Chalco bucked the trend on news it is buying a stake in an ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... Corp and other companies, then fell on disappointment over a slight drop in first-time claims for unemployment benefits. Traders were also uneasy ahead of the first reading on US gross domestic product for the April-June quarter, to be released Friday. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... measures and expectations of strong corporate earnings reports will keep the market well-supported in the third quarter, traders said. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market experienced a broad-based rally with the number of stocks rising nearly three ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... on Tuesday on hopes that Beijing will ease back on tightening measures aimed at slowing the country's breakneck growth, traders said. The Hang Seng closed up 173.64 points, or 0.86 per cent, at 20,264.59 points. Turnover was 51.81 billion Hong Kong dollars ...

US pension funds get $800m from class action

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... statement noted that AIG engaged in straightforward stock price manipulation, in which company executives ordered company traders to inflate AIG stock price.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... support levels. The Nikkei lost 1.8 per cent on the week. Japanese markets are closed on Monday, a situation that makes some traders nervous since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 also happened on a three-day weekend in Japan. HONG KONG - Hong ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... fairly benign trade for most of the session," Mr Potter said. "We could even see a little bit of profit taking from some traders later in the day as we head into the weekend." He said the weak performers of the day were the big miners and the consumer ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
The Australian share market has received a modest negative lead from offshore markets as Wall Street traders examined the details of an overhaul of the US financial system and Goldman Sachs' settlement of fraud charges. At 0735 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...