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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... cent rate. But the figures were greeted with mixed feelings on the market and negatively on risk assets. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 34.79 points (0.26 per cent) at 13,610.15, but the broad-based S&P 500 slipped 0.47 (0.03 per cent) ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... S&P indices hit five-year highs before giving up gains in the last hour of trade. At the closing bell the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 34.79 points (0.26 per cent) at 13,610.15. The broad-based S&P 500 slipped 0.47 (0.03 per cent) at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... encouraging report on the US labour market and better sales from retail stores helped push Wall Street higher, with the Dow Jones industrial average gaining 80.75 points to close at 13,575.36. "We had a reasonable lead from the US overnight and commodity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... benefits for the first time last week, an increase from the previous week but fewer than economists had forecast. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 80.75 points to close at 13,575.36. Aluminum giant Alcoa led the 30 stocks in the Dow with a 3.3 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... Insurance posting the biggest rise, up 1.74 per cent, or 23 cents, to $13.44. Wall Street closed higher overnight, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.09 per cent, while the S&P500 gained 0.36 per cent and the NASDAQ rose 0.49 per cent. In other ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... reports on services sector growth and private hiring. But a plunge in Hewlett Packard shares weighed down the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average, which added 12.25 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 13,494.61. The broad-based S&P 500 was stronger, gaining ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... million securities worth $431.4 million, with 372 stocks up, 182 down and 261 unchanged. On Wall Street overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.24 per cent, the S&P500 rose 0.09 per cent and NASDAQ advanced 0.21 per cent.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... Standard & Poor's 500 index above the break-even mark. The S&P 500 index gained 1.26 points to close at 1,445.75. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 32.75 points to 13,482.36. Dupont led the Dow lower, sinking 86 cents to $US49.50. The Nasdaq composite ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... posted a solid jump, propelled by an unexpected positive reading on manufacturing sector activity in September. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 77.98 points, or 0.58 per cent, to 13,515.11. "The overall market has risen across the board," Mr ...

Market wrap - AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... US manufacturing sector. A positive purchasing managers index reading for the month of September drove a rise in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. At 0755 AEST on Tuesday, the local December share price index futures contract was up 19 points at 4,413. ...