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US economic growth likely, but less than Fed expectations: ICAP

In its latest weekly economic update released today, ICAP's economists have said that the outlook for the US economy shows better growth is imminent soon, however there was no obvious catalyst for really strong growth. ICAP has cited the fact that the ...

Midday market wrap: Local shares open higher

... reports from technology leaders, and the tentative re-emergence of buying in the US Treasuries market. The Australian bond market also opened stronger in line with the US, the yield on the 10-year bond falling six points to 5.445%. But the Australian ...

Morning market wrap: US tech stocks sag, bonds strengthen

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2003
... series of lacklustre earnings forecasts. And broader market indexes also marked time, as buyers moved back into the bond market to take advantage of the sharp rise in yields over the past two months. The Nasdaq composite index lost 9.4 points (0.5%) ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares end at 11-month high

... News Corporation and Telstra all benefited from renewed optimism over the prospects for a second half recovery. The bond market also finished stronger, despite the ABS reporting a 1.1% jump in retail sales in June and news from the RBA that private sector ...

Midday market wrap: local shares, bonds lower

... selling pressure. Rio opened 45c lower at $32.26, while BHP Billiton also opened down 10c at $9.79. The Australian bond market also tracked US Treasuries lower, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year bond rising 6 points to 5.55%. A report from the ...

Morning market wrap: US bond selling extends to a fifth straight day

... jumped by almost 140 points in less than two months. Again, US stocks could make little headway in the draft of the bond market. The Dow Jones industrial average fell a further 62.1 points (0.7%) to 9,204.5, while the S&P 500 also shed 7.2 points (0.7%) ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares end off lows

... to suffer losses were News Corporation and Telstra. The major banks all finished lower on the day. The Australian bond market also finished weaker, battling losses in US Treasuries and news of a sharp rise in private house approvals during May. Earlier ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares end lower

... National Australia Bank, up 40c to $32.55, and Rio, which rose 5c to $32.77, managed to buck the broader trend. The bond market also partly recovered from earlier losses, following a weaker trend overnight in the US. News that Australia's trade deficit ...

Midday market wrap: local shares open higher

... buck the broader trend, shedding 2c to $4.81. The big four banks all opened up on Friday's closing levels. But the bond market was weaker, after a mixed performance in the US Treasuries market Friday. The yield on the May 2013 bond was four points higher ...

Morning market wrap: Dow closes at 5-week high

... too late to save the FTSE 100, which broke a three-day winning streak to close 18.4 points down at 4,131.2. The US bond market was narrowly mixed, with small gains at the shorter end of the yield curve offset by a weakening among longer-dated maturities. ...