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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... - European stock markets rose on Friday on sharply better than expected US employment data that revived hopes of a US recovery accompanied by a decline in joblessness. The London FTSE 100 index gained 9.36 points, or 0.18 per cent, to close at 5,322.36. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
... of exporters such as Tokyo Electron and after disappointing housing data fuelled worries about the strength of the US recovery. The benchmark Nikkei fell 256.46 points to 10,009.52, its lowest close since late July. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang Seng ...

Wealth effect turns positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... to US$53.1 trillion. This may be the single most important report of the night, supporting both the view that the US recovery is in sight and that it would be sustained as the 'wealth effect' has now turned into a plus. We know already know how the feedback ...

Mmm...bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... Street dipped again last night. Why? Please explain? If you believe the spin, it was because stocks are overvalued, the US recovery would be sooo slow, companies are still handing out pink slips to their workers, and growth when it comes would double ...

Priced, but not for a V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... reading from the Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing survey gives me greater confidence that the US recovery, and by extension the world - will be V-shaped. The ISM manufacturing index shot past the 50 expansion/contraction mark, printing ...

RBA moves to increase interest rates by 25 basis points

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2003
... United States the pace of growth has picked up markedly since mid year, and there is increasing evidence that the US recovery is becoming more broad based," the RBA said in a statement. The RBA said stronger economic conditions were also evident in Japan ...

Annualised growth rate beats long term trend: Westpac/MI

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2003
... expect that the typically cautious central bank will want a little longer for confirmation of the sustainability of the US recovery before they decide to move on rates."

Morning market wrap: Technicals push US stocks modestly higher

... of consumer sentiment slipped 1.1 points to 88.2 in early September. In London, concerns over the strength of the US recovery saw the FTSE 100 end 4.4 points lower at 4,237.8. The US bond market rallied after the release of the data, the yield in the ...

Midday market wrap: Local shares soften in morning trade

... lower. The Bond market was also weaker, following a jump in US yields overnight on further evidence of a strengthening US recovery. The yield on the benchmark May 2013 bond climbed four basis points to 5.57%. The Australian dollar was trading at $US0.6490 ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks rise on economic optimism

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2003
... Strong economic data helped push US stocks higher overnight, but more evidence major European economies are lagging the US recovery pushed the euro to a four-month low against the US dollar. In the US, the Philadelphia Fed index reported its index of ...