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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... moderately lower, amid short covering and hopes that EU leaders would agree measures to stem the eurozone crisis. Falls in tech stocks ruled the day as the US Supreme Court's ruling in favour of the Obama administration's controversial health care law ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... summit for the eurozone. Research in Motion's 7.6 per cent drop on a downgrade from Morgan Stanley led a broad fall in tech stocks; Hewlett-Packard fell 4.1 per cent, Microsoft 3.0 per cent, Lenovo 6.0 per cent and Dell 2.1 per cent. At the close the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... economic data from China and Europe followed the Federal Reserve's slashing its growth forecast for the United States. Tech stocks fell broadly, with Microsoft's 2.6 per cent loss helping pull the Nasdaq 2.4 per cent lower. Growth-related plays like ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... YORK - The Dow turned higher in the final hour of trade to finish in the black, but downturns across the board in tech stocks hit the Nasdaq for a loss in the day. Despite one per cent-plus gains on major European bourses, New York traders held pat on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... cent) and the materials sector (down 0.35 per cent) were also in negative territory. However, on a positive note, info tech stocks were up 0.7 per cent. "I think the key ingredient in the market at the moment is that we are progressing in what I would ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... driving smallish Nasdaq newcomer Yelp to a first day gain of over 60 per cent, while blue chips languished and other tech stocks dropped on profit-taking. At the closing bell on Friday the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 3.94 points (0.03 per cent) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... Wednesday, the leaders of France and Germany said. Some mildly positive economic indicators were offset by weakness in tech stocks. Sentiment was encouraged by a fall in weekly jobless claims, confirming a downward trend since early April. Also helping ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... broader All Ordinaries index lost 29.8 points, or 0.73 per cent, to 4,067.9. NEW YORK - US blue chips rebounded but tech stocks fell Thursday after Germany's parliament approved a crucial EU bailout package and new US data gave the economy a slightly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... Standard and Poor's 500 index, after the company said its revenue hit a record last quarter. Google's earnings pushed tech stocks in the S&P index broadly higher. Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. each gained 1 per cent. Most investors believe a ...

VIX says no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... it did! The Dow closed more than half a percent higher and the S&P 500 ended with a plus in front of 0.18 per cent. Tech stocks, however, failed to make the grade with the Nasdaq giving up another 0.3 per cent on top of their 1.8 per cent loss the previous ...