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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... higher at 5,010.3. NEW YORK - US stocks pushed to new highs after a government report pointed to lower-than-expected jobless claims. At the closing bell on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 62.9 points, or 0.42 per cent, at 14,865.14 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... 3,224.98. The Bank of Japan's announcement of aggressive stimulus measures helped offset a disappointing report on US jobless claims, which unexpectedly rose 28,000 to 385,000 for the week ending March 30. David Levy of Kenjol Capital Management said ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... upbeat news that Ireland could become the first eurozone nation to emerge from its bailout program. A decline of US jobless claims for a third straight week also boosted sentiment. But eyes remained on a two-day European Union summit under way in Brussels ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... upside, but we've seen it flip around every day this week. "So, it's a very tough time for investors." A fall in jobless claims in the US last week sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average to an all-time high for the third straight session overnight. The ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... minutes. The Dow Jones closed 20.88 points, or 0.15 per cent, lower at 14,054.49 points on the back of mixed GDP and jobless claims data. On the local maket, among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank lifted 17 cents to $67.44, ANZ lost 13 cents at $28.59 ...

Wall Street up till it was down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... and saw Wall Street on the up and up, punctuated by headlines such as: "Dow Average Approaches Record After GDP, Jobless Claims" (Bloomberg) "Wall Street edges higher, Dow and S&P records a hurdle" (Reuters) "Dow nears record high on latest data" (Australian ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... analyst Ric Spooner said. "Broader economic statistics released over the last 24 hours, including China's PMI and US jobless claims did nothing to disturb the consensus view of an improving, although moderate economic growth outlook." New US jobless ...

Good, better, best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... Keqiang formally take up their positions this coming March. The betterer. The US labour market continues to heal. Jobless claims dropped to 330,000 in the week ended 19 January - less than expectations for 335,000 claims and the least since January 2008. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... revenues and a middling outlook on upcoming revenues. Its shares were off 11.4 per cent. On the positive side, US jobless claims came in well below expectations, an unexpectedly strong result for the second week in a row. LONDON - European stock markets ...

Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... points (or 5.29%) shy of the 1,565.15-point peak of 9 October 2007. The trigger? Good US data releases of course. Jobless claims dropped by 37K to 335K in the week ended 12 January - much less than the expected 369K. To be sure, this is a volatile series ...