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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006
... ordinaries gained 37.8 points to 5034.1 points. NEW YORK - US stocks ended higher as minutes from the latest US Federal Reserve meeting soothed lingering worries about the outlook for interest rates and crude oil prices dropped below $US70 a barrel. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
... the existing requirement. AMP is the only Australian company to have reached this status. This Thursday the US Federal Reserve Bank will release final details of the personal consumption expenditure index which is expected to grow by 0.1 per cent in ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
... on stocks in that sector. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang Seng index fell 61.36 points to 17,088.39 after a US Federal Reserve official suggested higher US interest rates may be needed to ward off inflation. WELLINGTON - The benchmark NZX-50 rose 33.3 ...

Daily economic report

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
The US Federal Reserve held interest rates firm last night at 5.25 per cent after 17 consecutive rate increases since June 2004, a result of rising energy and labour costs. The June quarter data showed that the annualised pace of growth halved to 2.5 ...

Emerging markets enter hibernation

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
... figures was the strong net outflows experienced by global bond funds, apparently on the back of comments made by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke indicating that US monetary policy may be pausing.

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2006
... 4865.04 points, up 18.5. TOKYO - Shares in Japan surged at least 3 percent, after Ben Bernanke indicated the US Federal Reserve's may be putting a stop to its two year campaign of interst rate rises. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index rose 446.58 points, or 3.08 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2006
The share market is likely to open stronger today following gains on Wall Street overnight after the US Federal Reserve eased fears of future interest rate hikes. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 87 points ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2006
... trade and building approvals data. The share market jumped 1.5 percent as investors welcomed a move by the US Federal Reserve to tone down its warnings about further interest rate increases. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index gained 76.7 points to close ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2006
... is expected to open sharply higher as US stock rocketed ahead after investors interpreted a statement by the US Federal Reserve as suggesting it may pause its interest rate lifting cycle. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2006
The market is expected to open weaker as investors keep a cautious eye on Wall Street ahead of the US Federal Reserve's interest rate statement. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 14 points stronger at 4951. ...