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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... nearly four months, buoyed by exporters such as Advantest Corp on a softer yen and a rally on Wall Street amid growing optimism about the US economy. The Nikkei average climbed 2.05 per cent or 282.40 points to end at 14,049.26, its highest close since ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
... 1,397.84. But the Nasdaq Composite Index was down 5.99 points at 2,422.93. LONDON - UK stocks ended up 0.7 per cent as optimism that banks had seen the worst of credit-related writedowns lifted the sector and oil stocks tracked higher crude prices. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
... index of semiconductor stocks and set a positive tone for the entire sector. Apple rose 1.7 per cent, benefitting from optimism that its profit would exceed Wall Street's expectations when the iPod maker posts its quarterly results after the bell. Boeing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... 5,515.5. NEW YORK - US stocks rose on Thursday after a brokerage upgrade of chip makers lifted technology stocks and on optimism that poor March sales may have been the low point for retailers this year. Tech shares also got a lift after JPMorgan Securities ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... were little changed overnight, sharply paring earlier gains as fears about corporate earnings cast a shadow over earlier optimism of signs that the credit crisis was easing.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... were little changed overnight, sharply paring earlier gains as fears about corporate earnings cast a shadow over earlier optimism of signs that the credit crisis was easing. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 3.01 points or 0.02 per cent to settle ...

Flight of the squeamish

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... 137bp. Meanwhile, in the US 10-year Treasury yields were around 24bp lower before the minor rally mid March. Short-lived optimism following the unveiling of the Fed's Term Securities Lending Facility program (TSLF) drove yields 17bp higher to 3.42 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... nagging fears about more bank losses and the biggest monthly decline in the job market in five years overshadowed earlier optimism that the credit crisis may be easing. Nasdaq, however, edged higher, capping its best week since August 2006, helped by ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... led by investment firms Macquarie Group and Babcock & Brown, after US stocks gained the most in two weeks overnight on optimism the worst of the credit crisis may be over. At 1020 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 148.6, or 2.77 per cent, at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... overnight after a double dose of lacklustre economic news on the housing market and the factory sector dampened investor optimism. At 1207 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 37.8 points, or 0.7 per cent, at 5343.6, while the broader All Ordinaries ...