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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... 1.03 per cent, to 1,087.24. LONDON - European stock markets wilted on Thursday, as investors awaited the University of Michigan US consumer confidence index due on Friday, although London managed a small gain on prospects for a merger of British Airways ...

Trick or treat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... the sharpest decline in nine months. And the outlook for our MVP does not look good either. The Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index fell to 70.6 in October from 73.5 in September. Again, the stats were in line with market expectations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... consumers fanned concerns that people nervous about jobs and the economy will hold off spending. The Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index fell to 69.4 in a preliminary reading for October from 73.5 in September. General Electric's ...

The times they are a'changin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... sinister than just investors' impatience - the green shoots look like they're wilting. The preliminary Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index declined to 64.6 in July - worse than market expectations for a reading of 70 - from 70.8. ...

Black or white - just beat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... durables (up 0.8 per cent) such as cars - a behaviour consistent with rising confidence. The final Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment was revised to a gain of 70.8 in June from the preliminary reading of 69.0 and 68.7 in the previous month. ...

Seeking equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... - following an increase to 14 in the previous month. This was backed up by the May jump in the Reuters/University of Michigan index of home-buying conditions to a level equal to the index's average level during the US housing boom conditions in 2002 ...

Easing Libor pains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... following an increase to 14 in the previous month. This is consistent with indications from the Reuters/University of Michigan index of home-buying conditions - released last week - which jumped to 161 in May from 146 in April. Bloomberg reports that ...

Confusion in the inflection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... moving in the right direction. These writings show that US consumer confidence is returning. The Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary consumer sentiment index increased to 67.9 in May from 65.1 in April. This is higher than expectations and up ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... tonight. These include core retail sales, the producer purchase price index, retail sales and the preliminary University of Michigan consumer sentiment reading. "There's a fair bit of nervousness ahead of those," Mr Potter said. Resources stocks were ...

Search for equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... consumers reducing their spending and businesses concerned over the economic outlook. The preliminary Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index fell to 57.5 in October from 70.3 in the previous month -- the largest point-decline on record. ...