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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... 25.05 points (0.19 per cent) at 13,006.56 in closing trade. It was the highest finish for the 30-stock index of big US companies since May 2008. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite climbed 20.61 points (0.69 per cent) to 2,986.77 at the closing bell, while ...

Weekend worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... to 400K - also the lowest in seven months. This, along with earlier reports that the number of job advertised by US companies increased to their highest level in three years is a positive indication for America's labour market prospects. Next stop, the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... (0.84 per cent) to 2,604.73. Mr Taubman said sentiment also improved on the back of better-than-expected results from US companies such as Burberry and PepsiCo as the US reporting season got underway. "All sectors of the S&P 500 (rose) so it shows a ...

Islamic fund opens doors to Australian investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
Australian investors will have access to a new 'ultra ethical' fund, investing on Islamic principles with the launch of Crescent Wealth and its Australian equities fund, the first of a series of products it plans to bring to market. The Crescent Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... and its business activity sub-index rose 1.5 points to 57.1. Meanwhile, the private payrolls firm ADP reported that US companies added 91,000 jobs last month, figures that while meager were better than expected. Bond prices fell. The 10-year Treasury ...

Local instos eye US equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... pretty impressive. "Yes, European equities are cheaper right now but I think investors that buy large cap high quality US companies and balance their portfolio will find huge benefits," said Swanson. "The US profit margins tend not to peak until capacity ...

Bonds, where the real money is

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... though only 44% of this is owed by the US government, with a bigger 46% owed by US financial institutions and 12% by US companies. The problem of course is that if any of these financial institutions can't make their payments and the government has to ...

Cry of the banshee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... corresponding improvement in the outlook for the labour market.. Likewise, it indicates subdued labour costs for US companies, a factor that would see continued improvement in second quarter bottom line results. We'll find out soon enough starting today ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... shares got a weak lead from Wall Street, where investors sold off stocks because of lower earnings forecasts from US companies. Concerns about European sovereign debt also worsened after Fitch Ratings cut Greece's credit ratings by three notches to B-plus ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... helped push the nation's trade deficit up six per cent to $US48.2 billion ($A44.54 billion) in March from February. US companies sold more cars and other goods and services to customers abroad, but it wasn't enough to make up for an 18 per cent rise ...