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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... was closed for the US Labor Day public holiday. LONDON - European stocks tumbled about four per cent on Monday, with bank stocks hit particularly hard by acute tension over the risk of recession in leading economies and over eurozone debt. London's FTSE ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... suffered overnight, as poor US economic data compounded European fears over sovereign debt and bank liquidity. European bank stocks took a battering on fears over the global economic recovery and renewed concerns about Greece's bailout. The bailout ran ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... performers this past week included retailer Target, which rose 6.7 per cent, and Microsoft, which gained 3.5 per cent. Bank stocks underperformed, with Bank of America down 3.5 per cent, JPMorgan Chase down 2.0 per cent and Goldman Sachs down 1.9 per ...

Bank stocks rise on Greek confidence

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
Share markets rallied today as the Greek parliament passed the first of two austerity packages while violent protests continued against the deeply unpopular reforms. But economists and market commentators have warned that the austerity package and associated ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... was down 34 cents to $43.21, Rio Tinto had lost 25 cents to $79.85 and Fortescue Metals was one cent lower at $6.45. Bank stocks were higher but still well below their levels of earlier in the week after Thursday's significant falls. Westpac was up 16 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... Billiton was up 26 cents to $44.17, Rio Tinto had added 44 cents to $80.69 and Fortescue was 14 cents higher to $6.47. Bank stocks remained mixed, with ANZ and Westpac losing ground. Westpac was down 14 cents, or 0.63 per cent, to $22.11 and ANZ had ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... ratings by three notches to B-plus, and Standard & Poor's lowered Italy's credit rating outlook from stable to negative. Bank stocks are bearing the brunt of those concerns. At 1203 AEST, NAB had shed 72 cents, or 2.63 per cent, to $26.69, Westpac had ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... "It was a rough night and that's playing out here, although it's not too bad and it could be a lot worse," he said. Bank stocks were higher as investors welcomed this week's half year results from the sector. NAB was up 68 cents to $27.69, Westpac was ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... Wall Street overnight, major indices made modest gains on rumours of a restructure at tech giant Cisco and rising bank stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 32.85 points, or 0.27 per cent, to 12,426.75, while the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite added ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... the Australian share market reversed early losses to close higher as investors bought into healthcare, energy and bank stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 20.2 points, or 0.44 per cent, at 4,618.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...