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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... businesses in the US in July, fewer than in June but better than analysts had expected. As well, the Institute for Supply Management said its index of non-manufacturing activity fell to 52.7 last month, indicating that the US service sector hardly grew ...

Now for the denominator

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... investors' fresh fear now that the deal is done and voila, here we are. A sharp 4.4-point drop in the US Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index took the thunder off the deal news. The index fell to 50.9 in July - still above the 50 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... as much as expected, in yet another sign of the sluggishness of the US economic recovery. The Institute for Supply Management said that its index of non-manufacturing activity was 53.3 in June, down from 54.6 in May. Analysts had forecast that the index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... The gains came after the Greek parliament passed a bill needed to stave off debt default and the Institute for Supply Management said its index tracking economic activity in the Chicago region had jumped in June, beating forecasts. LONDON - European ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... upward momentum. Shhh, Wall Street might hear you. Wall Street fell while we slept because the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) non-manufacturing index dropped big time in April to its lowest level in eight months. OMG we're in trouble now! The ISM ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... monthly jobs report for April will reveal when it's released Friday. In a separate report, the Institute for Supply Management said its service sector index rose at the slowest pace in 8 months in April, as many companies express concerns about higher ...

May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... report is consistent with data showing US durable goods orders rose by 2.9 per cent in March and the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index remaining above 60 for the fourth straight month in April. Nothing's really changed with regards ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... lending rate and the rating agency Moody's lowered Portugal's credit rating. A survey from the Institute for Supply Management reported growth at service companies last month but at a slower rate than analysts were expecting. Technology companies climbed ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... trend decline in this data. The previous day (yesterday's yesterday), financial markets ignored the Institute of Supply Management survey showing that the manufacturing sector continued to expand in February and had been doing so for the past 19 months ...

Yesterday today tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... on it - what, and consume more oil? "The surge in energy prices overshadowed an increase in the Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index to 61.4 in February, the highest since May 2004." Neither did it dwell too much on Big Benny's positive ...