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Afternoon market wrap: Markets close weaker

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2003
... little direction from offshore markets, with Wall St only trading for a half day on Friday following the Thanksgiving holiday the day before. At the early close on Friday, the technology-focused Nasdaq Composite Index ended up 6.95 points at 1960.26. ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar stronger at noon; bond market weaker before RBA meeting

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2003
... points." US Treasury prices fell on Friday after a thin trading session following last Thursday's Thanksgiving public holiday, with the main driver being renewed confidence about the strength of the US economy, ahead of key economic data, analysts sa ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar stronger; market waits for RBA meeting

... be a lack of direction from New York, where financial markets traded only half a day on Friday due to the Thanksgiving holiday the day before. Locally, with annual general meeting season slowing down, the stock market will be focussed on economic data ...

Midday market wrap: $A weaker at noon as market drifts without US impetus

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2003
The Australian dollar was weaker at noon, caught in a tight range without impetus from the holidaying US market. At 1200 AEDT the local unit was trading at $US0.7215/20 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7235/40. The dollar reached a high of $US0.7233 ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar opens weaker

... rising more than half a US cent yesterday, taking advantage of a weaker US dollar that was dented by some pre-Thanksgiving holiday selling. In Sydney today, stock market trading is expected to be fairly lacklustre today due to a lack of direction from ...

Midday Market Wrap: Market slips into the red

... gains came after Wall Street ended on a positive note following a raft of upbeat economic news ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in the US. The Dow Jones industrial average added 15.63 points to 9779.57 while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained ...

Midday Market Wrap: Quiet start driven by banks and safe haven stocks

... investors appeared be taking a wait and see attitude as the United States market faced a week interrupted by the Thanksgiving holiday and the release of a tonne of economic data. "The momentum has definitely gone from the (Australian) market," Mr Mueller ...

Morning Market Wrap: Investors expecting confidence boost

... and consumer confidence figures, expected to reinforce growing confidence in its economic outlook ahead of Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. Local finance circles will also be dominated by interest rate speculation, with the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Morning Market Wrap: Market opens low

... of 443 contracts. The Australian dollar opened slightly stronger today after a quiet night of trading given the public holiday in the United States. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7149/54 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7142/47. ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar maintains overnight gains

... The Australian bond market was weaker at noon in thin trade after US treasuries weakened overnight, ahead of a public holiday in the US tonight. At 1200 AEDT the yield on the Commonwealth Government May 2013 bond was at 5.950 per cent, compared with ...