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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... markets slipped further following losses in Europe and on Wall Street after a third straight monthly contraction in US manufacturing activity. The disappointing US data followed poor numbers on factory activity from Asia and Europe, but dealers looked ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
The Australian sharemarket is lower, in the wake of US data showing continued weakness in the US manufacturing sector, and ahead of key market-influencing events. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 41.7 points, or 0.97 per ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... - The Australian market looks set to open lower after the US bourses closed mixed following data showing the US manufacturing sector contracted for the third straight month. At 0830 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... Wall Street, with investors banking on the Federal Reserve taking stimulus measures after the release of weak US manufacturing data and the ECB cutting rates on Thursday. Tokyo closed up 0.70 per cent, or 63.11 points, at 9,066.59 on Tuesday, and Seoul ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... where we thought it would around which is idling around the flatline." Wall Street finished mixed after news that US manufacturing contracted for the first time in almost three years in June, raising concerns about a key pillar of the nation's economic ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... in May to an annualised rate of 4.55 million units - down from 4.63 mil at the start of 2012. Markit's flash US manufacturing PMI declined to 52.9 in June - the lowest reading since July 2011 - from 54.0 last month. Markit's PMI releases also showed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... dropped after major indices in Europe and on Wall Street slumped on the back of disappointing US jobs figures, slow US manufacturing growth, record unemployment rates in Europe and weak Chinese manufacturing data. Australia's market opened at a six-month ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... London's FTSE 100 index fell 0.93 per cent to close at 5,758.11 points, a day after climbing higher on robust US manufacturing data. In Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.42 per cent to 3,226.33 points but in Frankfurt the DAX 30 shed 0.75 per cent to 6710.77 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... better-than-expected manufacturing figures and encouraging construction data. NEW YORK - A better-than-expected read on US manufacturing in April and encouraging construction data drove Wall Street shares higher Tuesday as traders shrugged off some poor ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... late Monday. HONG KONG - Asian markets are broadly higher following a bright lead from Wall Street on strong US manufacturing data, but Tokyo exporters have been hit by a rebounding yen. Another set of weak eurozone figures indicating the troubled region ...