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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... gained 23.84 (1.48 per cent) at 1,636.36, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite added 44.94 (1.32 per cent) at 3,445.37. US retail sales were up 0.6 per cent in May over April, beating expectations, and were a positive for the economy, driven by a surge ...

Will stocks follow Fed exit to the exits?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... for the exits only after it assesses that America's economic growth has become sustainable. The better-than-expected US retail sales report released overnight (and the bigger-than-forecasts addition to April payrolls) might have added credence to the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... greenback which surged on persistent speculation about a winding back of quantitative easing by Washington ahead of US retail sales data due later on Monday. Tokyo rose 1.20 per cent, or 174.67 points, to 14,782.21 as the US dollar briefly breached the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... higher at 5,016.0 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower after two record-setting days, with sentiment dulled by poor US retail sales figures for March and more prospects of slow economic growth around the world. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... US housing starts and continuing increases in building permits. Last week, we saw better-than-expected increases in US retail sales and industrial production. The week before, we got better-than-predicted jobs growth and a jump in the ISM non-manufacturing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... after the economy slid into the Great Recession. The government also delivered positive economic news, reporting that US retail spending increased in February at the fastest pace in five months. That came despite higher payroll taxes kicking in at the ...

The Celtic Tiger gets back its roar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... match this tomorrow - and break it the day after - given the strong tailwind provided by the hugely better-than-expected US retail sales report released last night. US retail spending jumped by 1.1% in February against expectations for a 0.5% increase. ...

Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... strongest since 1983 -- to 780,000 houses last year from 608,800 in 2011. This comes on the heels of better-than-expected US retail sales, car sales, ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing reports and a more upbeat Beige book. But it's not only the ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
Australian shares have opened flat despite expectations of more interest rate cuts boosting banking stocks. At 1014 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.9 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,720.5 and the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Giving thanks to thanksgiving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
Perhaps it's the drunken reverie that comes after stuffing too much stuffed turkey laced with cranberry sauce and downed with a bottle (or four) of cold Budweisers that turned Wall Street's mood into one of optimism last week. The S&P 500 index ended ...