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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... Zealand sharemarket rose for a fifth consecutive day as financial markets around the world were jolted to life after United States stocks logged their best one-day gain in about six weeks. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed up 22.2 points, or 0.75 per ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... is not going to happen. Europe is perhaps busily trimming and cutting and lopping their fiscal deficits. But the United States is not. China is not. Japan is not. Emerging nations are not. Or at least, not as drastic as the Europeans. I think this is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... shares hit a seven-month low on Wednesday, shedding 1.96 per cent following stock market tumbles in Europe and the United States on fears for the global economy, brokers said. The headline Nikkei index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 188.03 points to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... export-reliant recovery is particularly dependent on China-bound exports, after demand slowed from the crisis-hit United States and Europe. Exporters were hit by the yen's strength against the US dollar and the euro, dealers said. HONG KONG - Hong Kong ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... territory at noon with political uncertainty at home combining with ongoing worries about overseas debt and the United States economy to place weight on the market. At 1201 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 33.8 points, or 0.77 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... for a summit in Toronto, where differences in US and European economic strategies were threatening to emerge, the United States again issued a downward correction to its growth figures. The news dampened sentiment in Europe, where investors and analysts ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... share market is set to open slightly higher on Thursday as BP's agreement on a $US20 billion fund for victims of the United States oil spill lifted Wall Street to a modest gain. At 0737 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said volumes were low as investors awaited the release of employment data in the United States on Friday night (AEST). "That's probably softened the effect today, but commodities were all sold down last night so you've ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... Ordinaries index fell 16.9 points, or 0.38 per cent, to 4,436.7 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street took a late dive after the United States government said it was starting criminal and civil investigations into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The Dow Jones ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... Zealand share market was helped along by rises in selected leading stocks but trading was thin with the week in the United States and United Kingdom starting with holidays. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed up 13.48 points, or 0.44 per cent, at 3,061.23. ...