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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
... coal are among the companies having their annnual general meetings today. NEW YORK - US markets were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index of leading shares fell led by banks and oil stocks. The FTSE 100 index closed ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
... at noon after recovering from a slow start, which was triggered by a softer US market gearing up for the country's Thanksgiving public holiday. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 10.7 points at 5456.4, while the all ordinaries rose 9.7 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
... The Nikkei rose 1.14 percent, or 180.09 points, to close at 15,914.23. Japanese markets will be closed for Labour Thanksgiving Day on Thursday, and US markets will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. HONG KONG - Hong Kong blue chips strengthened ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
... YORK - US stocks were little changed on Tuesday as investors were cautious about taking new positions before the Thanksgiving holiday, but shares of aircraft maker Boeing Co and Web search leader Google Inc soared to record highs. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

Australian financial markets produced a lacklustre performance last week as the US celebrated a Thanksgiving holiday-shortened week. Domestic trading activity was uneventful throughout the week with only the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) new ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2005
... all front shareholders, while David Jones releases first quarter sales. NEW YORK - The US market was closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday LONDON - The FTSE 100 closed lower, held back by weaker banks and oil shares, while property shares slid after disappointment ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2005
... 1265.61. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 6.42 points at 2259.98. The market will be closed on Thursday for the Thanksgiving Day holiday and will shut early on Friday. LONDON - UK share index closed higher, having set a fresh four-year high, with drugs ...

Afternoon market wrap: Markets close weaker

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2003
... was given little direction from offshore markets, with Wall St only trading for a half day on Friday following the Thanksgiving holiday the day before. At the early close on Friday, the technology-focused Nasdaq Composite Index ended up 6.95 points at ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar stronger at noon; bond market weaker before RBA meeting

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2003
... will go 25 basis points." US Treasury prices fell on Friday after a thin trading session following last Thursday's Thanksgiving public holiday, with the main driver being renewed confidence about the strength of the US economy, ahead of key economic ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar stronger; market waits for RBA meeting

... will also be a lack of direction from New York, where financial markets traded only half a day on Friday due to the Thanksgiving holiday the day before. Locally, with annual general meeting season slowing down, the stock market will be focussed on economic ...