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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... month. Analysts had expected a drop. A weaker report on consumer sentiment disappointed traders. The preliminary Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index for March fell to 72.5 from 73.6 in late February. Investors were also displeased ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... the 1.1 per cent rise in October. Separate data also showed business inventories rose in October, while the Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index increased more than expected in December. LONDON - European stock markets moved higher ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... briefly stumbled in morning trading after a report found the mood of consumers had darkened. The preliminary Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index for November came in at 66.0, down from 70.6 in October. That made investors nervous ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... points, or 1.03 per cent, to 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 ...

Trick or treat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... represents the sharpest decline in nine months. And the outlook for our MVP does not look good either. The Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index fell to 70.6 in October from 73.5 in September. Again, the stats were in line with market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... mood of consumers fanned concerns that people nervous about jobs and the economy will hold off spending. The Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index fell to 69.4 in a preliminary reading for October from 73.5 in September. General Electric's ...

The times they are a'changin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... more sinister than just investors' impatience - the green shoots look like they're wilting. The preliminary Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index declined to 64.6 in July - worse than market expectations for a reading of 70 - from 70.8. ...

Black or white - just beat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... spending on durables (up 0.8 per cent) such as cars - a behaviour consistent with rising confidence. The final Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment was revised to a gain of 70.8 in June from the preliminary reading of 69.0 and 68.7 in the ...

Seeking equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... September 2008 - following an increase to 14 in the previous month. This was backed up by the May jump in the Reuters/University of Michigan index of home-buying conditions to a level equal to the index's average level during the US housing boom conditions ...

Easing Libor pains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... September - following an increase to 14 in the previous month. This is consistent with indications from the Reuters/University of Michigan index of home-buying conditions - released last week - which jumped to 161 in May from 146 in April. Bloomberg ...