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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2007
... per cent, further recovering from last week's global sell-off, as commodity stocks were boosted by firmer metal and oil prices, and as banks gained. The FTSE 100 closed 71.2 points higher at 6,227.7, up 1.8 per cent so far this week after plunging nearly ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2007
... had left stocks in the black for much of the afternoon. Energy stocks, including Exxon Mobil Corp, rose after crude oil prices jumped, and investors snapped up some beaten-down shares of mortgage lenders, including Fremont General Corp, on a report of ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2007
... 6021.9. NEW YORK - US stocks ended modestly lower on Monday as fresh concern about the economic outlook and a rise in oil prices outweighed a frenzy of acquisition activity, including what may become the biggest private equity buyout deal in history. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
... intraday high on Monday. Indeed, both indices closed at their intraday highs. NEW YORK - US stocks declined on Thursday as oil prices jumped above $US61 a barrel, adding to worries about inflation stirred earlier in the week. Iran's determination to ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
... Alcoa Inc may be a takeover target bolstered optimism about deals, and energy shares gained with a sharp rebound in oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 102.30 points to 12,654.85 while the Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 10.89 points ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
... producer Alcoa Inc may be a takeover target bolstered optimism over deals, and as energy shares gained with a rebound in oil prices. At 0713 AEDT, Dow Jones industrial average was up 85.80 points at 12,638.83. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index up 9.29 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
... NEW YORK - US stocks declined, pressured by losses in shares of energy companies after a nearly four per cent drop in oil prices. At 0702 AEDT, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 43.26 points at 12,537.57. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
... Cisco Systems Inc's strong profits and outlook reinforced optimism about earnings. But blue chips fell as tumbling oil prices hurt energy companies' shares. The fall in oil futures prices, which had provided support to the broader market earlier, dragged ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... record of 5,753.3, also achieved on January 25, 2007. NEW YORK - US stocks rose overnight as a 5.5 per cent jump in oil prices to nearly $US57 a barrel spurred a rally in the energy sector, while skittishness before the Federal Reserve's interest-rate ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
... all ordinaries dropped 9.3 points to 5,744.0. NEW YORK - US stocks were little changed overnight as a sharp drop in oil prices dragged down energy shares, offsetting deal news on companies, including Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. The sliding oil prices added ...