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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... 76.44 points (0.59 per cent) at 12,932.09, while the broader S&P 500 fell 5.86 (0.43 per cent) to 1,363.72. The tech-rich Nasdaq dropped 11.49 (0.39 per cent) to 2,946.27. Losses were spread broadly, with little in the way of domestic US news to overshadow ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... from Caterpillar and Hewlett-Packard. The S&P 500-stock index added 0.48 (0.04 per cent) to 1,369.58, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 1.42 (0.05 per cent) at 2,957.76. In both France and Greece voters on Sunday turned out the existing leadership and ...

Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... lower than the financial markets' consensus for 165,000 gain. The S&P 500 index dropped by 1.6%, the Dow by 1.2% and the Nasdaq by 2.3% after news that payrolls grew by only 115,000 last month hit cyberspace and twitterverse. And... it's bad, it's bad ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... off 168.32 points, or 1.27 percent, to 13,038.27. The S&P 500 lost 22.47 (1.61 percent) to 1,369.10, while the tech-rich Nasdaq plunged 67.96 (2.25 percent) to 2,956.34. LONDON - Most European stock markets fell sharply and the euro lost ground but French ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... materials, energy and technology sectors were hardest hit. The S&P 500 fell 10.74 points (0.77 per cent) to 1,391.57. The Nasdaq was down slightly more, off 35.55 points (1.16 per cent) to 3,024.30. The bond market was slightly down. The 10-year Treasury ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... YORK - US stocks clawed back early sharp losses on disappointing data on private-sector job growth Wednesday, with the Nasdaq index ending in the black while the Dow closed with a minimal loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 top blue chips ended ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... Street closed firmer. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.5 per cent, the S&P500 climbed 0.57 per cent and the NASDAQ rose 0.13 per cent. Ms Chan said the strong finish to Tuesday's local session in response to the RBA's rate cut was expected ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... 0.50 per cent, at 13,279.32. The broad-based S&P 500 index gained 7.97 (0.57 per cent) to 1,405.88, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 4.08 (0.13 per cent) to 3,050.44. The market got its charge from the Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... down 14.68 points, or 0.11 per cent, at 13,213.63, while the S&P 500 index lost 5.45 (0.39 per cent) to 1,397.91 and the Nasdaq fell 22.84 points, or 0.74 per cent, at 3,046.36. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Industry Group/Pricewaterhouse ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... points, or 0.11 per cent, at 13,213.63, while the S&P 500 index lost 5.45 (0.39 per cent) to 1,397.91. Drops by two of the Nasdaq's biggest companies, Apple and Google, dragged that index down 22.84 (0.74 per cent) to 3,046.36. Data on US consumer spending ...