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Morning market wrap: US shares resume upward swing

Domestic shares are likely to start the week on a positive note as the Dow Jones index finished strongly higher on Friday. The index rose by 139.08 points to close at 8850.26 points, while the Nasdaq rose 20.96 points to 1595.91 points. All Ordinaries ...

Morning market wrap: US shares charge higher

After a pause last week shares in the US were given a fresh boost by encouraging economic data, pushing the Dow Jones index up 179.97 points to 8781.35. Domestically shares in Trans-Tasman financial services group will come under fresh scrutiny after ...

Morning market wrap: US shares fractionally higher

US finished the week marginally higher, pushing the Dow Jones index up 7.36 points as few players were prepared to take a large position before the weekend. Domestically, Tower faces an important week. With half-year results due on Wednesday, the trans-Tasman ...

Morning market wrap: Dow Jones ends losing streak

Shares in the US picked up 25.07 points on the Dow Jones index after US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan indicated to the US Congress' Joint Economic Committee that it would "not be unreasonable" to expect a pick-up in economic growth. Shares ...

Morning market wrap: Terror alert unnerves Wall St

The Dow Jones index recorded its third consecutive day of losses-albeit fractional-as the US government raised its terror alert to 'orange' following recent attacks in Saudi Arabia and Morocco. The warning came as Steve Kaseta, vice president of Boston-based ...

Morning market wrap: US shares continue to fall

The Dow Jones index suffered a second consecutive day of modest losses as softer consumer sentiment for the month of April followed on from renewed fears of the global terrorist threat-sparked by the suicide attack in Saudi Arabia. Domestically, AMP ...

Morning market wrap: Economic data drags US shares lower

Disappointing economic data weighed on US investors' minds, pushing the Dow Jones index 25.84 points lower. Tech stocks fared better, lifting the Nasdaq to 1472.56 points. All Ordinaries: 2965.60 (+0.00) Dow Jones: 8454.25 (-25.84) NASDAQ: 1472.56 (+8.25) ...

Morning market wrap: Dow Jones back above 8,500

Shares in the US continued to climb overnight pushing the Dow Jones index back above the 8,500 mark, which it flirted with last week and in late March before retreating. A sell-off in blue chips sent the FTSE-100 in the opposite direction however. All ...

Morning market wrap: Dow Jones continues to edge higher

Shares in the US continued the positive trend set earlier in London. The Dow Jones index moved 51.26 points higher to finish at 8402.36 at the bell, following a 67.40-point rise on the FTSE-100. With the reporting season underway in the US, investors ...

Morning market wrap: US shares boosted by earnings

The Dow Jones index was given a much-needed jolt overnight as encouraging quarterly profits from Citigroup instilled some confidence in investors. The group's first quarter profits rose by US$4.1 billion (A$6.81 billion), helping shares overall to a ...