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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... Hong Kong shares closed up 1.19 per cent on Thursday, extending gains for a fourth straight day after the index suffered heavy losses last week on the back of Dubai's debt crisis. The benchmark Hang Seng Index gained 264.3 points to 22,553.87. Turnover ...

Future Fund to grow investments team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... have a bigger investment team than it initially planned - jumping from 29 to around 40 staff by next year - as the cash-heavy fund scours the markets for more investment opportunities. Speaking at the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... market. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 21.54 points lower, by 0.21 per cent, at 10,450.04. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite had risen 7.05 points, by 0.32 per cent, at 2,182.86 and the S&P 500 added 0.2 point, or 0.02 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... Dubai debt crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 126.74 points higher, by 1.23 per cent, at 10,471.58. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite climbed 31.21 points, 1.46 per cent, to 2,175.81, and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 points added ...

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 ...