Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 751 - 760 of 3675 results for "Wall STreet"

Excuses, excuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
Have Wall Streeters' gone loco? This immediately came to mind when I saw Wall Street's reaction to the disappointing US jobs report for, more often than not, disappointment does not get a rise out of Wall Street. Perhaps it was a not an often day for ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street despite disappointing US jobs data. At 0845 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 37 points at 5,159. The US Labor Department said the economy ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... overnight. The local market is around half a per cent higher at 1030 AEDT, following a more than one per cent rise across Wall Street's major indices. Commsec market analyst Julian Roadley said that while the local move higher was smaller than that seen ...

Subjected to interpretation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... right side of the bed this morning. Well... yesterday morning to be precise, as I refer to the stock market action on Wall Street and in Europe and in emerging markets. It's like my Factset screen's celebrating St. Patrick's Day today. It's filled with ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following strong gains on Wall Street ahead of a much-watched US labour market report and amid mixed trade and labour data. At 0901 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 37 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... spending three consecutive days in the red, stocks were up two-thirds of a per cent soon after the open. This is despite Wall Street having dipped on softer-than-expected payrolls data. The world's biggest economy added 175,000 private-sector jobs in ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
More data, more confusion. What's an investor to do? Do what Wall Street did, that's what... sit on his hands and wait. More data. The ISM non-manufacturing index increased to a reading of 54.0 in January, up 1.0 from December's 53.0 reading and better ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, despite a negative lead from Wall Street which fell following disappointing US jobs data. At 0900 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 14 points at 5,032. The US economy ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... the Australian market had rebounded after Tuesday's $28 billion wipeout, it was still underperforming compared to Wall Street overnight. "There's still broader concerns in the markets," he said. "Obviously we're in earnings season at the moment, so there's ...

Mmm bargains, hmm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
Wall Street bounces as bargain hunters pounce. I could stop right here, thank you very much but, alas, I have a number of words quota to fill so here we go. Yes Virginia, Wall Street clawed back some of the previous day's losses - the S&P 500 up 0.8% ...