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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... 1,087.24. LONDON - European stock markets wilted on Thursday, as investors awaited the University of Michigan US consumer confidence index due on Friday, although London managed a small gain on prospects for a merger of British Airways and Iberia of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... despite some encouraging company reports after new data showed falls in eurozone private sector lending and US consumer confidence. In London, the stock market was helped by better-than-expected results from British oil giant BP, which reported that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... stock markets closed with losses, with sentiment dented by profit-taking and a disappointing reading on US consumer confidence. The London FTSE 100, ending a string of 11 consecutive gains, shed 57.29 points, or 1.25 per cent, to 4528.84. FRANKFURT - ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... per cent, to 879.13. LONDON - European stock exchanges wilted, dragged down by a disappointing report on US consumer confidence and a fall in oil prices. The London FTSE 100 index shed 31.49 points, or 0.76 per cent, to close at 4,127.17. FRANKFURT - ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after a decline in US consumer confidence saw Wall Street and European markets fall on concerns about an economic recovery. At 0725 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

Not a happy EOFYS on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... consumer confidence unexpectedly slid and delinquencies on the least-risky mortgages more than doubled.' US consumer confidence index fell to 49.3 in June from 54.8 in the previous month. A gain to 55.3 was expected. Not good. But neither is it a reason ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... cent, to 893.06. LONDON - European investors opted to consolidate sharp gains made on an unexpected jump in US consumer confidence a day earlier, seeing most markets finish with modest gains. In London the FTSE index of leading shares added 4.51 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... are are expected to open higher after strong gains in US and European stocks after better than expected US consumer confidence data raised hopes of economic recovery. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was ...

Confusion in the inflection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... still above the historical spread of 10 bps, it is moving in the right direction. These writings show that US consumer confidence is returning. The Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary consumer sentiment index increased to 67.9 in May from 65.1 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... lower as worries about the spread of swine flu and a weak banking system offset a survey showing rising US consumer confidence. Trading was cautious as world health officials raised their alert level and the death toll from swine flu reached more than ...