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Morning Market Wrap: Soft start

... interest rates steady at 1.0 per cent pushing up the Australian dollar, New Zealand dollar and British pound, offshore traders said. Traders said investors favoured the Australian and New Zealand currencies given strong growth prospects in both nations. ...

Morning market Wrap: US Fed Reserve holds rates steady

... of 0.7019 in New York. The local unit had dropped back to $US0.7019 before the Federal Reserve meeting, with offshore traders saying the US dollar held ground against rivals after a surprising jump in consumer confidence propped up expectations of an ...

Morning Market Wrap: US key indices up

... fact that the overall resistance to further US dollar weakness is growing at these levels," Mr McKenna said. Offshore traders said the US dollar rose one per cent against the yen after US Treasury Secretary John Snow predicted higher US interest rates. ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar stronger

... low of 0.6870. However, by the open the Australian dollar had jumped to $US0.6954 as the US dollar weakened. Offshore traders said the US dollar fell on Friday after stronger US data failed to meet market expectations. The Australian share market is ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Solid gain led by News Corp, AMP

... point premium to the underlying index - on a volume of 5,871 contracts. In New York on Friday, stocks ended flat as many traders took the day off ahead of the Columbus Day on Monday. The Dow fell 5.33 points to 9674.68. The broader Standard & Poor's ...

Midday Market Wrap: ASX hits holding pattern

... point premium to the underlying index - on a volume of 2,384 contracts. In New York on Friday, stocks ended flat as many traders took the day off ahead of the Columbus Day on Monday. The Dow fell 5.33 points to 9674.68. The broader Standard & Poor's ...

Morning Market Wrap: Lacklustre lead from US; Dollar starts strong

... early low of $US0.6882 in the London trading session overnight Friday. In NEW YORK, Stocks ended flat on Friday as many traders took the day off, and those who were at work sifted through the first few quarterly earnings scorecards for fresh clues to ...

Morning Market Wrap:End of winning streak; dollar sets fresh high

... risking 0.6860, targeting 0.6950." The weakening United States dollar was down against most of the other major currencies as traders focused on the United States' spiralling current account deficit and the reality that a weaker US dollar would be needed ...

Morning Market Wrap: Busy day expected; Dollar bounces overnight

... Wall Street experts cautioned that it was difficult to draw conclusions about the market's direction on a day when some traders were out in observance of the Yom Kippur Jewish holiday and trading volumes were moderate. The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Quiet end to ASX week

... investors were pleased that the nation's biggest telco offering full franking credits in the buyback, and found overseas traders willing to sell. "Some of the overseas clients were actually happy to sell into the strength because they can't utilise the ...