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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... oil-rich neighbour, Abu Dhabi, helping to allay investor fears that the emirate might default on its debt. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed up 53.77 points, or 1.02 per cent, at 5,315.34. FRANKFURT - Germany's DAX index rose 45.97 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... ability to recover. Major stock indicators traded mixed on Thursday after the Institute for Supply Management said its index of activity in the service industry fell to 48.7 in November from 50.6 in October. That's well below the 51.5 figure analysts ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... November. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) issues building approvals data for October and the RBA also issues its index of commodity prices for October. In company news, grocery wholesaler Metcash Ltd releases interim results. Optus chief executive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... reversing earlier sharp losses driven by a shock debt announcement in Dubai that alarmed markets worldwide. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares closed 51.6 points higher, by 0.99 per cent, at 5,245.73 points. FRANKFURT - Germany's Dax added 71.44 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... trading for three and a half hours in the middle of the trading day. Trading resumed at 2pm London time. London's FTSE index of leading shares closed 170.68 points lower, or by 3.18 per cent, at 5,194.13 points. FRANKFURT - Frankfurt's DAX index fell ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... of a long weekend in Japan. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index slipped 51.79 points to 9,497.68, while the broader Topix index of all first-section shares gained 1.00 point, or 0.12 per cent, to 838.71. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares closed 0.83 per cent lower ...

Sell dollars to buy stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
... between the US currency and US stocks? But lest I am mistaken, I charted the movement of the S&P 500 alongside the US broad index of dollar's foreign exchange value since 1970. And voila! The US$/US stocks correlation is positive most of the time. And ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... companies. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index fell 67.19 points, or 0.68 per cent, to 9,804.49 points. The broader Topix index of all first-section shares slipped 4.59 points, or 0.53 per cent, to 867.70 points. Investors were concerned about the possibility ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... Bank of England governor Mervyn King - helped fuel another bout of buying in stock markets. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top shares rose 36.2 points, or 0.69 per cent, to 5,266.75 points, just shy of its best finish this year. FRANKFURT - The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... stimulus measures. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index climbed 61.74 points, or 0.63 per cent, to 9,870.73. The broader Topix index of all first-section shares added 1.77 points, or 0.20 per cent, to 872.44. Gains were capped, however, by worries about the ...