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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... the tech-rich Nasdaq lost 2.37 points (0.08 per cent) to 3,049.41. The market jumped from the opening after the Labor Department reported that weekly new claims for unemployment insurance fell sharply to their lowest in four and a half years, a good ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... (0.03 per cent) at 1,460.93, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite lost 13.27 (0.42 per cent) to 3,136.19. The US Labor Department data for September put the official jobless rate at 7.8 per cent, down from the previous 8.1 per cent and the lowest level ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... measures. At 0740 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 4,349. The US Labor Department's reported that a meagre 96,000 jobs were added in August, and that 368,000 people dropped out of the jobs market, convincing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... index futures contract was up 60 points at 4,245, with 11,434 contracts traded. US stocks surged, boosted by the Labor Department's July labour report showing stronger-than-expected jobs growth and a slight increase in the services sector activity. The ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... broader All Ordinaries index was down 47.1 points, or 1.09 per cent, at 4,243.0. US stocks surged, boosted by the Labor Department's July labour report showing stronger-than-expected jobs growth and a slight increase in services sector activity. The ...

Not ugly enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... Wall Street's reaction to it. The S&P 500 fell by 0.94%, the Dow by 0.96% and the Nasdaq by 1.30% the day the US Labor Department released its latest update on the state of the jobs market -- for they all saw that it wasn't good. Employment increased ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... (0.78 per cent) to 1,356.89, while the tech-rich Nasdaq dropped 19.23 points (0.65 per cent) to 2,956.89. The Labor Department said the economy generated only a net 80,000 new jobs in June, leaving the unemployment rate at 8.2 per cent. LONDON - European ...

Uncle Ben to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... housing starts dropped to an annual rate of 708,000 units - lagging market expectations by 12,000 houses. The Labor Department reported that job openings fell by 325,000 positions in April - the biggest drop since September 2008 -- as company hirings ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... is expected to be a tough budget. However, the thing to fear is the latest update on the US labour market. The Labor Department reported the US economy increased by only 120,000 jobs last month - far less than expectations for a 203K gain and the 200K ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... Hang Seng Index was 139.3 points higher at 19,179.69 on turnover of $HK51.94 billion ($6.68 billion). The US Labor Department said on Friday that unemployment dropped to a 32-month low of 8.6 per cent in November, surprising most analysts who had forecast ...