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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... financial crisis. On Wednesday, the Australian share market closed lower as investors ignored a positive lead from United States markets and pulled back from the resources sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed on Wednesday down 40.4 points, or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... Portugal on negative watch, meaning that they are at risk of being downgraded. Before the opening of trading in the United States the private payrolls firm ADP reported a 15 per cent increase in job creation from January -- to 217,000 jobs -- much better ...

Desert storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... US Energy Information Administration's (IEA) website and found the following: Top World Oil Consumers (2009) 1. United States 18.8 million barrels per day 2. China 8.3 3. Japan 4.4 4. India 3.1 5. Russia 2.7 6. Brazil 2.5 7. Germany 2.4 8. Saudi Arabia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... Kong-based investment bank Core Pacific-Yamaichi said traders were picking up on more positive signals out of the United States and that these would mean a boost for industrial machinery makers, metals and energy companies. In other markets, Singapore ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... November prediction of 3.0-3.6 per cent. Asian tech stocks were given a lift after computer giant Dell reported in the United States that its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings nearly tripled on strong demand from corporate customers -- an indicator of economic ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... mixed Wednesday, with Tokyo hitting a nine-month high on the back of a weaker yen, while upbeat data out of the United States also provided some support. Tokyo rose 0.57 per cent, or 61.62 points, to end at 10,808.29, its best finish since April 30 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... economic data here. Strong commodity prices, the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and strength in the United States market drove many markets higher today. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed up 16.028 points, or 0.476 per cent, at 3,383.47. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... The New Zealand share market rose on Monday as Fletcher Building shares pushed to a three-month high and after the United States market had its best week in about two months. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed up 19.594 points, or 0.582 per cent, at 3,387.412. ...

USA is going A-OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... following space would have noted the grocery list of much improved and improving economic stats released out the United States lately, there were more added last night. We've seen the strong expansion in US manufacturing highlighted by the ISM manufacturing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... good volumes were traded in leading shares. Many Asian markets were closed to celebrate the Lunar New Year, and the United States equity market was lacklustre on Wednesday. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed down 2.41 points, or 0.07 per cent, at 3,349.892. ...