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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... trading. Some companies reported strong earnings on Thursday including PNC Financial Services Group, which boosted other bank stocks including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo. Poor results from other companies however, such as UPS and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... per cent, to 3677.4, and the All Ordinaries index fell 89.2 points, or 2.4 per cent, to 3633.1. NEW YORK - Rising bank stocks pulled the market sharply higher on Tuesday after Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner reassured investors about bank balance ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... The Australian share market closed higher but nowhere near the almost seven per cent surge on Wall Street as local bank stocks wound back the earlier gains from the big miners and energy stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 29.7 points, or 0.84 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... tender for the issuing of Treasury bonds. In company news, David Jones Ltd releases its half year results. On Tuesday, bank stocks drove Australian shares to the highest close in a month after gains in financials overseas showed some confidence in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... market volatility. Unease about the stability of the financial sector continued to plague investors Thursday, and bank stocks took another beating. In preliminary closing figures, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had fallen 110.31, or 1.34 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... share market closed around one per cent higher, with a stronger resources sector helping to offset falls in major bank stocks caused by capital raisings. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 36.4 points or 1.01 per cent higher at 3640.7, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... Valley. On Friday, the Australian share market gave up early gains to close marginally lower amid falls on resources and bank stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended 42.6 points, or 1.06 per cent lower, at 3970.8, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... extraordinary steps by government officials will help resuscitate stagnant credit markets. That led to buying among bank stocks, which helped lift the blue chip indices but left the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index lagging. The Dow fell 76.62 ...

SEC blocks bank short selling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... short selling, issuing an emergency order that prevents the practice across a number of commercial and investment bank stocks. The order means anyone taking a short position on a named stock arranges beforehand to borrow the securities and deliver them ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... tightening global credit availability, slowing economic growth and rising bad debts. But other brokerse have said local bank stocks represent good value, after being battered by the market in the last six months. Overnight in the US, stocks fell on Monday ...