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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... increase economists had expected. Market sentiment this week has been driven by expectations that US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke will say a third round of economic stimulus, or quantitative easing (QE), will be needed to help the struggling ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... Composite added 100.68 points (4.29 per cent) to stand at 2,446.06. Mr Padley said investors anticipated US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke would announce a stimulus package at a global meeting of central bankers on Friday (US time), with large ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... were higher at noon, extending gains from early trading as investors were optimistic a speech by the US Federal Reserve chairman would support the market. At 1201 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 31.4 points, or 0.77 per cent, at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... electronics and other manufactured goods. Mr Ive said the market this week would focus on a speech by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke to a central bank symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday night, Australian time. In Australia on Tuesday ...

Stocks rally hard as Australia deemed a bargain buy

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... people in the next 10 years," he said. US equities rose overnight with Wall Street posting 4% gains after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed would keep US interest rates at "exceptionally low levels" for at least the next two years. In ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... broader All Ordinaries index dropped 21.9 points, or 0.48 per cent, to 4,561.3. NEW YORK - Remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that dimmed hopes for a third round of bond-buying pushed stocks lower. In a second day of testimony, Bernanke ...

Credit hits the fan as Moody's puts US on downgrade watch

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has placed the US on a review for possible downgrade prompting US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke to issue dire warnings on the global impact a US debt default would have. US lawmakers have been debating ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... 38 points 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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... Wednesday, 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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... points, or 0.16 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 ...