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Afternoon market wrap: Shares drift lower in late trade

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2003
... banks were mixed. The Australian dollar ended the day at $US0.6845, up almost half a US cent from last Friday. The bond market strengthened on the back of the firmer dollar, the yield on the benchmark 10-year government bond edging 2 points lower to ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares close lower

... led down by News Corporation and the big banks. The Australian dollar was broadly unchanged at $US0.6810, while the bond market was weaker. The yield on the benchmark 10-year bond was 5.12%, up from 5.06% on Thursday. All Ordinaries 3000.8 -16.3 NASDAQ ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares close higher

... multi-year highs. The dollar ended the day at $US0.6815, up from the previous local close of $US0.6785. The Australian bond market was slightly firmer, also taking the lead from modest gains overnight in the US. The yield on the 10-year bond was 5.06% ...

Afternoon market wrap: Dollar hangs on to gains

... The All Ordinaries ended the day at 3,003.4, 5.8 points lower than Tuesday's close. The short end of the Australian bond market also weakened in response to the RBA's decision. All Ordinaries 3003.4 -5.8 NASDAQ 1640.13 +17.33 Dow Jones 9040.95 +55.51 ...

Midday market wrap: Australian dollar surges higher

... for the first time in seven months, following the release of a better-than-expected Tankan survey. The Australian bond market was mixed, with the short end losing ground as investors re-assessed the potential for a rate cut. The yield on the 10-year ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares jump in late trade

... sentiment in the June quarter. Local gains were broad-based, with the major banks all posting solid rises on the day. The bond market ended mixed, with yields at the short end rising on growing speculation the RBA will refrain from making any move on ...

Midday market Wrap: Australian shares open lower

... billion from $3.0 billion in April. In other markets, the Australian dollar was a little firmer at $US0.6665. The bond market was also relatively quiet, as investors await the outcome of tomorrow's RBA board meeting. All Ordinaries 3011.6 -6.4 NASDAQ ...

Morning market wrap: US shares end mixed

... trading, the FTSE 100 fell 27 points to 4,060.9 and has now fallen by almost 100 points in the last two sessions. The US bond market continued to shrug off last week's losses on renewed hopes the Fed would deliver a 50 basis point cut. The yield on the ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares drift lower in late trade

... the US. The All Ordinaries partly recovered early losses, but then drifted lower to end the day at 3035.2. But the bond market was unable to capitalise on the weakness in equities, the yield on the benchmark 10-year bond unchanged at 4.815%. The Australian ...

Afternoon market wrap: Market trims gains in late trade

... growing expectation the Fed may only cut rates by 25 basis points when it meets later this week. But the Australian bond market also finished slightly weaker on the shift in interest rate sentiment. All Ordinaries 3059 +3.8 NASDAQ 1644.72 -3.92 Dow Jones ...