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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... Potter said. US shares pushed higher on Tuesday after Microsoft's $8.5 billion deal to buy Skype gave a strong bump to tech stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 75.68 points (0.60 per cent) at 12,760.36 in closing trade. The broader S&P ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... NEW YORK - US shares pushed higher on Tuesday after Microsoft's $8.5 billion deal to buy Skype gave a strong bump to tech stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 75.68 points (0.60 per cent) at 12,760.36 in closing trade. The broader S&P 500 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... The US stock market rose on Friday as US inflation data showed prices rising in line with traders' expectations, but tech stocks were slowed by disappointing Google earnings. At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 56.68 points (0.46 per ...

Experts bullish on US despite debt gloom

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... Caterpillar, Schlumberger and stocks in the materials, energy and infrastructure sectors were a good bet along with tech stocks that addressed the mobile revolution such as Apple, according to Marvin. Steven Billiet, chief executive of ING Investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... plans for cutting the deficit and a Federal Reserve report said the economy is improving at a moderate pace. Surges in tech stocks pushed the Nasdaq Composite ahead of other gauges, while JPMorgan Chase's solid earnings report was overshadowed by worries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... gross domestic product would rise 3.4-3.9 per cent this year, versus a November prediction of 3.0-3.6 per cent. Asian tech stocks were given a lift after computer giant Dell reported in the United States that its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings nearly ...

Catching its second wind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... close above the zero line? Easy, just add one line and it's all fixed. Bargain hunting ensued after the sharp falls in tech stocks. But thanks to Hosni, everything became clear. Reports that Egyptian President Mubarak would be addressing the Egyptians ...

Bad, bad day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... thought! A barrage of bad news drowned market euphoria over QE2. There was bad news on the earnings front. The giant tech stocks are not cutting it. Apple reported lower than expected third quarter earnings. Despite beating EPS expectations, IBM shares ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... of 11,000 for the first time in 18 months. Shares of regional banks rose following upbeat comments from analysts. Tech stocks were mixed after business software company CA Inc said earnings for the year would come in at the lower end of its forecast. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... plans to buy information technology company Perot Systems Corp for $US3.9 billion ($A4.5 billion) helped to lift some tech stocks but failed to raise the broader market. A stronger dollar ignited a sharp sell-off in commodities like oil and gold, which ...