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Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... big moves really came in the US session. "We got some really bad data on top of the sell-off in Europe." A key US manufacturing index taken by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia showed manufacturing activity took a sharp hit in August, falling ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... news of the debt-ceiling deal, but then dropped sharply as investors were spooked by a disappointing report on US manufacturing and fears that the agreement might be defeated in Congress. Questions have swirled over whether the package would pass the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... TVs. Since it makes so many kinds of products, investors often see 3M's results as an indicator of how the whole US manufacturing industry is doing. About two stocks fell for every one that rose on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was light at 3.7 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... crisis under lock and key for as long as possible. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose after better-than-expected US manufacturing data sent Wall Street stocks rallying, while traders' concerns over Greece's sovereign debt have eased. The euro climbed to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... are set for a strong start to a week full of economic news after Wall Street rose on promising signs from the US manufacturing industry. At 0627 AEST, the local September share price index futures contract is up 48 points at 4,634, indicating a rise ...

Thanks S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... overnight continued the flow of indicators pointing to strengthening US of A. We've seen the resurgence in the US manufacturing. We've seen the resurgence in the US non-manufacturing sector. We learned of improving conditions in all of the Fed's 12 districts ...

Pain sans hysteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... 0.8 per cent in February - a sharp acceleration from the 0.1 per cent increase posted in the previous month. US manufacturing production increased by 0.4 per cent after rising by 0.9 percent surge in January while mining output bounced back by 0.8 per ...

USA is going A-OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... stats released out the United States lately, there were more added last night. We've seen the strong expansion in US manufacturing highlighted by the ISM manufacturing index's jump to its highest reading in seven years, last night's report showed the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... from the recession. Macquarie Private Wealth adviser Helen Spencer said firmer commodities prices, encouraging US manufacturing data and a powerful rally on Wall Street supported a positive start on the local market. "The general exuberance is certainly ...

Double positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... because even if the index resulted in an "as expected" reading, it would continue to signal expansion in the US manufacturing sector. But it surely packs a meaner punch when data from numero dos draws the same picture. China's official government calculated ...