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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... mortgage-backed debt securities. The local bourse was also following Wall Street, which lost ground due to fears about the US economy following a weaker than expected report on the US housing market. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down ...

More Weak Indicators

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
What else is new? Negative indicators on the US economy just keep on coming and business confidence in Europe is falling. The US Department of Labor reported that initial claims for unemployment benefits spiked to 406k in the week ending July 19 -- ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... session as another decline in oil prices and several upbeat profit reports eased some of Wall Street's concerns about the US economy. The Dow rose 29.88, or 0.26 per cent, to 11,632.38 Wednesday after rising nearly 100 points early in the session. Broader ...

This Week's Market Movers (21-25 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... existing home sales, the Fed beige book and the durable goods report will provide important updates on the state of the US economy. Japan: Japanese inflation will also be out this week but markets will have to wait until Friday to receive the latest ...

US houses continue to burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... year ago and are down 53.1 percent from their peak in July 2006. It is difficult to see the end to the problems in the US economy and financial markets until the housing sector bottoms. The Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index rose to -16 percent in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... to 4.58 per cent against 4.462 per cent. LONDON - European stock markets closed sharply higher as concerns over the US economy and financial system eased following a better-than-expected result at US bank Wells Fargo. In London, the FTSE 100 index added ...

Market Jitters Redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... liquidated. The uncertainty about the magnitude of more credit-related losses, which are likely to affect the health of the US economy and those around the world, has come back to haunt. These have reminded investors that all is not yet well in spite ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... level in almost two years yesterday, with most market sectors losing ground, due to continuing signs of weakness in the US economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 58.9 points, or 1.18 per cent, to 4,921, while the broader All Ordinaries Index fell ...

This Week's Market Movers (7-11 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will give a press conference on Tuesday on how the Fed observes the current US economy and the value of US dollar. His comments will be dissected for clues on the Fed's thinking on short-term macro economic trends. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... stronger US market performance. "Is it the end? Probably not," Mr Turner said. "There are still concerns about the slowing US economy and the base metals were all off last night. "So the miners that produce a single commodity are down but the big diversified ...