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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... International Labor Day. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket closed higher on Friday, following a lead from the United States market. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed up 15.567 points, or 0.444 per cent, at 3519.327, its highest level in nearly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... cent to 7,475.22 points. The markets were somewhat subdued ahead of first-quarter economic growth figures in the United States and a royal wedding holiday in Britain. US growth figures showed a sharp deceleration in the first quarter to a 1.8 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... lower at noon on Wednesday as concerns over weaker metals prices and caution ahead of a key press conference by the United States' central banker outweighed a positive lead from offshore. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 5.4 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... day's heavy losses. Investors, who went into sell-off mode Tuesday after Standard & Poor's lowered its outlook on United States sovereign debt, took heart from strong earnings from US giants such as Intel and IBM. Tokyo rose 1.76 per cent, or 165.79 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... more, however, on news overnight (AEST) that Standard & Poor's Ratings Service had lowered its long-term outlook for United States' sovereign debt to "Negative" from "Stable", due to risks from the country's deficit. "People are trying to come up with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... or face losing its coveted rating. US bond prices fell sharply after the S&P news, sending yields, the cost the United States pays for borrowing, higher. But by 2000 GMT prices had recovered: the 10-year Treasury was yielding 3.37 per cent from 3.41 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... fresh concerns over the nuclear crisis, while the yen also surged. Poor earnings from aluminium giant Alcoa in the United States and a weak lead from Wall Street saw investors focus on Japan after the country was jolted on Monday, a month after the March ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... pulling back the local bourse, including an International Monetary Fund downgrade of economic growth forecasts for the United States. Another earthquake in Japan had affected sentiment on Asian markets, Mr Muller said, and investors were taking profits ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... confirm hopes for a strong US economic pick-up. HONG KONG - Asian stocks ended mostly lower on Monday as news that the United States had agreed a budget to avert a shutdown was tempered by profit-taking and weak Japanese pre-quake trade data. Tokyo fell ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... feasibility study for extending the life of Kennecott Utah Coppers Bingham Canyon Mine in Salt Lake City, in the United States. Major lenders were mixed. National Australia Bank gained 19 cents to $26.14, Westpac off two cents to $24.41, and ANZ Banking ...