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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... broader All Ordinaries index added 19.7 points, or 0.43 per cent, to 4,583.2. NEW YORK - Comments from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke set off a stock market rally early on Wednesday, but it wasn't long before another Fed official cut it short. In testimony ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... lower at 4,493, with 15,422 contracts traded. US stocks closed lower on Wednesday after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke offered a bleak outlook on the struggling economic recovery and slashed half a point off its estimate of gross domestic product ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... profit-takers descended on the share market, pushing the bourse to a 12-week low after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke cast doubt on the strength of American economic growth. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 29.5 points lower, by 0.64 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... per cent, to 4,641.1. NEW YORK - US stock markets gave up all their gains on Tuesday after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke confirmed a gloomy picture of economic growth just 15 minutes before the closing bell. A buoyant day turned into the fifth ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... game today." Investors will look for indications on the future of US monetary policy when Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke makes a press conference overnight. At 1204 AEST, metal recycler Sims Metal Management had surged 94 cents to $17.62 after ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... economic recovery can sustain itself with less central bank stimulus. Markets also were on tenterhooks for Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's first post-FOMC press conference, the first for any Fed chairman. The bond market gained. The yield on the 10-year ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... per cent, to 4,995.1 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed mixed Wednesday, shrugging off Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to Congress and merger and acquisition activity in the stock exchange sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose ...

QE2 or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... economic data or survey statistics, its officials appear to have already convinced themselves. We heard Chairman Ben Bernanke saying, "...there would appear--all else being equal--to be a case for further action." There's Chicago Fed President Evans ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... would appear--all else being equal--to be a case for further action." With these words, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke virtually ensured that Christmas is coming in November - no ifs, ands, buts or maybes. At least, that's what financial markets ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... States markets. He said investors may be sitting on the sidelines ahead of commentary from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday night. "The FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) tonight release their commentary in terms of monetary policy. ...