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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... YORK - The Dow turned higher in the final hour of trade to finish in the black, but downturns across the board in tech stocks hit the Nasdaq for a loss in the day. Despite one per cent-plus gains on major European bourses, New York traders held pat on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... cent) and the materials sector (down 0.35 per cent) were also in negative territory. However, on a positive note, info tech stocks were up 0.7 per cent. "I think the key ingredient in the market at the moment is that we are progressing in what I would ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... driving smallish Nasdaq newcomer Yelp to a first day gain of over 60 per cent, while blue chips languished and other tech stocks dropped on profit-taking. At the closing bell on Friday the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 3.94 points (0.03 per cent) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... Wednesday, the leaders of France and Germany said. Some mildly positive economic indicators were offset by weakness in tech stocks. Sentiment was encouraged by a fall in weekly jobless claims, confirming a downward trend since early April. Also helping ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... broader All Ordinaries index lost 29.8 points, or 0.73 per cent, to 4,067.9. NEW YORK - US blue chips rebounded but tech stocks fell Thursday after Germany's parliament approved a crucial EU bailout package and new US data gave the economy a slightly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... Standard and Poor's 500 index, after the company said its revenue hit a record last quarter. Google's earnings pushed tech stocks in the S&P index broadly higher. Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. each gained 1 per cent. Most investors believe a ...

VIX says no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... it did! The Dow closed more than half a percent higher and the S&P 500 ended with a plus in front of 0.18 per cent. Tech stocks, however, failed to make the grade with the Nasdaq giving up another 0.3 per cent on top of their 1.8 per cent loss the previous ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... lost 3.8 per cent, United Continental fell 3.3 per cent, and AMR, which owns American Airlines, fell 1.0 per cent. Tech stocks were also pulled down with eBay dropping 2.4 per cent and Apple, which launched its new online iCloud service Monday, sliding ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... higher, by 1.58 per cent, at 4,735.1. NEW YORK - US stocks ended higher on Thursday after a morning slump, with Nasdaq tech stocks outperforming while the Dow's blue chips gave a feeble showing. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 8.10 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... ended up 0.70 per cent, or 20 points, at 2,872.77. Seoul put on 1.59 per cent, or 33.37 points, to end at 2,135.78. Tech stocks in Japan were lifted after US firm Dell announced on Tuesday that net profit nearly tripled to $US945 million ($A890.38 million) ...