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No QE, not bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... "fall", "slide", "slump" the headlines are talking about? It is a dip of 0.5% on the Dow, 0.4% on the S&P 500 and 0.2% on the Nasdaq. OMG! I'm so scared. The sky has fallen. My only regret is that they haven't fallen more. It would have been one heck ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 64.94 points (0.49 per cent) to finish the session at 13,199.55 on Tuesday. The Nasdaq was down 6.13 points, or 0.20 per cent, to 3,113.57 points. The S&P 500 shed 5.73 points (0.40 per cent) to 1,413.31. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... to finish at 13,264.49. The broad-based S&P 500 advanced 10.43 points (0.74 per cent) to 1,418.90, while the tech-rich Nasdaq climbed 28.13 points (0.91 per cent) to 3,119.70. On Friday, stocks ended the first quarter with record point-gains in the period ...

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... that did better. Have a look for yourself: Level % Change Index 30-Mar-12 Week March Q1 Nikkei 225 10083.6 0.7% 3.7% 19.3% Nasdaq Composite 3091.6 0.8% 4.2% 18.7% German DAX 6946.8 -0.7% 1.3% 17.8% Philippine PSEI 5107.7 1.3% 4.3% 16.8% Thai SET 1196.8 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... weakness to end mostly in the black, although Apple, hit by new reports of labour abuses in its China suppliers, pulled the Nasdaq into a loss in the last half hour. On the final day of the first quarter the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 66.22 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... a strong finish. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 0.15 per cent, the S&P500 closed down 0.16 per cent and the NASDAQ declined 0.31 per cent. The price of oil and gold ended US trading lower, but copper finished firmer. The spot price of gold ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... as 90 points during the session. The broad-based S&P 500 lost 2.26 (0.16 per cent) to 1,403.28, while the tech-centric Nasdaq gave up 9.60 (0.31 per cent) to 3,095.36. LONDON - European stock markets have closed lower, extending losses after a brief ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... note. US stocks fell overnight - the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.54 per cent, the S&P500 fell 0.49 per cent and the NASDAQ fell 0.49 per cent. The price of oil, gold and copper ended US trading lower. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,662.50 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... points (0.54 per cent) to 13,126.06. The broad-based S&P 500 lost 6.98 (0.49 per cent) at 1,405.54, while the tech-centric Nasdaq gave up 15.39 (0.49 per cent) to 3,104.96. Energy shares led the fall, the broad sector losing 1.3 per cent, as oil prices ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... 13,197.73 points. The broad-market S&P 500 index dropped 3.99 points, or 0.28 per cent, to 1,412.52 points, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite index eased 2.22 points, or 0.07 per cent, to 3,120.35 points.