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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open slightly lower after Wall Street stocks dropped after mixed corporate earnings reports. At 0730 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 13 points lower at 4,780. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... herbicide. At settlement, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had fallen 5.67 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 9725.58. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite was up 6.76 points, or 0.32 per cent, to 2110.33, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 2.85 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... skidded 203.00 points, or 2.09 per cent, to settle at 9509.28, reflecting the worst day in stocks in months. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite slumped 64.94 points, or 3.06 per cent, to 2057.48 and the Standard & Poor's 500 index dropped 27.23 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... after the blue chip gauge posted a triple digit gain fueled by a pickup in merger and acquisition activity. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite dipped 6.7 points, or 0.31 per cent, to 2124.04, and the Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 2.37 points, or ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
... acquisition activity. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 124.17 points, or 1.28 per cent, to 9789.36. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite added 39.82 points, or 1.9 per cent, to 2130.74, and the Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 18.6 points, or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... falling as much as 95 points. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 3.64, or 0.3 per cent, to 1,064.66, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 5.18, or 0.2 per cent, to 2,138.04. Bond prices were mixed. The yield on the benchmark 10-year ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... to 4550, on a volume of 47,525 contracts. IG Markets research analyst Ben Potter said the financial sector was recording heavy falls but there was also broad-based profit-taking. "Even though the markets in the US weren't down too much, some of the individual ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... and negative territory, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 22.07 points, or 0.23 per cent, at 9605.41. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite edged down 3.12 points, or 0.15 per cent, to 2080.9 and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index shed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... concerns about employment and will keep the stimulus for as long as need be," he said. Energy and mining stocks were doing some heavy lifting. Oil stocks gained after crude oil ended 63 cents higher at $71.94, in the US overnight. Oil Search was up 15 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... Beige Book report on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 49.88 points, 0.53 per cent, to 9547.22. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite gained 22.62 points, or 1.11 per cent, to 2060.39 and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index climbed ...