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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... virtually flat, up 0.23 points at 1,260.55 as Citigroup reported better-than-expected quarterly results. But technology stocks fell with the Nasdaq composite dropping 28.71 points, or 1.24 per cent, to 2,283.59.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... record high and brokers downgraded telcos Verizon Communications and AT&T. Falls were limited by strength in technology stocks, which rose on strong sales of Research in Motion's BlackBerry and Apple's new iPhone. The Dow Jones industrial average shed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... reached a deal on a housing rescue plan raised hopes for the beleaguered home market. Investors poured into technology stocks after financier Carl Icahn started a proxy battle to get control of Yahoo and force it to strike a deal with Microsoft Corp. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... per cent, to 5,515.5. NEW YORK - US stocks rose on Thursday after a brokerage upgrade of chip makers lifted technology stocks and on optimism that poor March sales may have been the low point for retailers this year. Tech shares also got a lift after ...

SBI eyes infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... potential growth of Indian technology companies because they are undervalued despite their solid balance sheets. "Technology stocks are back on the radar. This sector has been ignored by the market, and has hugely underperformed only because of fears ...

Hunter Hall turns deep green

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... and uranium mining. The fund's main investment focus will be renewable energy stocks, environmentally focused technology stocks, medical, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, education and communications stocks and emerging and esoteric activities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... Friday after spending most of the day in negative territory. It came with a late surge in industrial shares, technology stocks like Google, and energy stocks like Schlumberger, as suprisingly upbeat US employment figures were released and the oil price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... of miners and energy companies, while the Nasdaq rose to its highest in nearly seven years on the strength of technology stocks like Google Inc. The web search engine's shares topped the $700 mark for the first time after reports it may soon break into ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... worries about how much the credit crunch has hurt the economy, after disappointing earnings from Bank of America. Technology stocks once again outperformed the broader market and lifted the Nasdaq, as investors anticipated more strong results in the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
... cents to $54.83 and Westpac lost 40 cents to $26.68. US equity markets were lower overnight led by financial and technology stocks. Stocks fell on renewed credit concerns, following news that customers of UK bank Northern Rock continued to withdraw savings ...