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Can this latest kick of the can can?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... month of the second quarter. Wall Street gained big time - the Dow ended 2.2% up, the S&P 500 closed 2.5% higher and the Nasdaq surged by 3.0% after the European Union (EU) announced a "breakthrough" following their 19th summit since the crisis began ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... points (2.20 per cent) at 12,880.09. The S&P 500 index gained 33.12 points (2.49 per cent) to 1,362.16, while the tech-rich Nasdaq rose 85.56 (3.00 per cent) to 2,935.05. That gave all three solid gains for the first half of the year, after having been ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... by more that 170 points during the session. The S&P 500 index lost 2.81 (0.21 per cent) to 1,329.04, while the tech-rich Nasdaq lost 25.83 (0.90 per cent) to 2,849.49. The Dow was more than one per cent lower earlier, amid worries of deep rifts in the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... gaining 0.54 percent for the day to end at 12,640.86. The S&P 500 gained 9.51 (0.72 percent) to 1,335.02, while the tech-rich Nasdaq rose 33.33 (1.17 percent) to 2,892.42. LONDON - European stocks slid in anxious trade before Spain announced the cost ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... 32.01 points (0.26 per cent) at 12,534.67. The S&P 500 index advanced 6.27 (0.48 per cent) to 1,319.99, while the tech-rich Nasdaq rose 17.90 (0.63 per cent) to 2,854.06. The advance came "despite continued worries over the eurozone ahead of this week's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... (1.09 per cent) to 12,502.66 at the close of trade. The S&P 500 slid 21.30 (1.60 per cent) to 1,313.72, while the tech-rich Nasdaq lost 56.26 (1.95 per cent) to 2,836.16. LONDON - European stocks tumbled and the euro has slid ahead of a major EU summit ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... ready yet to issue fresh mints - the economy isn't weak enough. The Dow fell by 2.0%, the S&P 500 declined by 2.2% and the Nasdaq lost 2.4%. It was a similar story for commodities: Gold dropped by 2%, silver 3.6%, copper 2.2%, oil 2.1%. (As an aside ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... its growth forecast for the United States. Tech stocks fell broadly, with Microsoft's 2.6 per cent loss helping pull the Nasdaq 2.4 per cent lower. Growth-related plays like mining stocks and oil took the biggest falls, with Alcoa sinking 4.3 per cent ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... points, or 0.10 per cent, at 12,824.39. The S&P 500-stock index fell 2.29 (0.17 per cent) to 1,355.69, while the tech-rich Nasdaq rose a meager 0.69 (0.02 per cent) to 2,930.45. LONDON - European stock markets were mixed on Wednesday amid hopes the US ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... Tuesday at 12,837.33, up 95.51 points, or 0.75 per cent. The S&P 500 hit 1,357.98, up 13.20 points, or 0.98 per cent. The Nasdaq reached 2,929.76, up 34.43 points or 1.19 per cent. The rally started early amid a downtick in Spain's debt yields, solid ...