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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... mid-afternoon trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 143.82 points higher, by 1.39 per cent, to 10,488.66. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite climbed 36.59 points, 1.71 per cent, to 2,181.19 and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 points added 15.35 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... US economy. At close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had gained 35.22 points, or 0.34 per cent, to 10,345.14. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite had rose 6.16 points, or 0.29 per cent, to 2,144.6, while the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 lifted 4.14 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... components ended in the red after the blue-chip index closed on Wednesday at its highest level since October 2008. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite slid 37.61 points, or 1.73 per cent, to 2,138.44, and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 retreated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... than three per cent on Thursday after Dubai's shock call to suspend the debt of a key state company fuelled anxiety over heavy public borrowing. London trading also was affected by a technical glitch which halted floor trading for three and a half hours ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... Average shed 14.28 points (0.14 per cent) to settle at 10,318.16, finishing the week on a slim gain of 0.46 per cent. The tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 10.78 points (0.5 per cent) to 2,146.04 and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 3.52 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket was over 1.5 per cent higher at noon led by gains in financial stocks on a strong trading performance by Commonwealth Bank and takeover talks among insurers. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 74.9 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... Productivity figures also had their biggest rise in six years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 2.08 per cent, the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 2.42 per cent and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index increased 1.92 per cent.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... the trading day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average settled 203.82 points higher, by 2.08 per cent, at 10,005.96. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was up 49.8 points, or 2.42 per cent, at 2,105.32, while the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index had risen 20.13 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... period". At settlement, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 30.23 points higher, by 0.31 per cent, at 9,802.14. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was down 1.8 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 2,055.52, while the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index had risen 1.09 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... rebounded in September after dropping in August. Orders rose 0.9 per cent in September amid increases in orders for autos, heavy machinery and military aircraft rose. Analysts had expected an increase of 0.8 per cent, according to Thomson Reuters. At ...