The S&P/ASX 200 dropped 31 points, ending the week at 4,601.90. Thanks to the lead in from overseas, the Aussie index has opened higher this morning.
On Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added a massive 197 points (1.86%), closing at 10,860.26. Although all of the economic data released on Friday didn’t give a [...]
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The S&P/ASX 200 ended the day down by 7 points to 4,625.20. It’s likely to be another flat day of trading after the lead in from the international markets.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 21 points lower to 10,739.31. Yesterday’s comments from the Fed caused investors to be cautious regarding any new quantitative easing [...]
The positive start to the Aussie market yesterday didn’t last, with the S&P/ASX 200 ending the day lower by 13 points to 4,617.50. This morning the market has had a flat start to the trading day.
After rising as much as 75 points at one point during the session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed [...]
The S&P/ASX 200 dropped 7 points to end yesterday at 4,631.30. However the positive lead in from the international markets has helped our market open higher this morning.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 145 points overnight, closing to 10,753.62.
The market rallied after the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) said the recession [...]
The S&P/ASX 200 added 33 points to end at 4,638.90. The mixed lead in from the international markets has seen the Aussie index drop over 30 points this morning.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended Friday 13 points higher, closing at 10,607.85.
All eyes will be on the Fed this week as they meet again [...]
The S&P/ASX 200 finished 35 higher for the day closing at 4,661.50. Surprisingly, consumer confidence dropped by 5% for September. The index is at 113.2 points and anything above 100 mark is considered positive.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 46 points to close at 10,572.73.
Kraft [NYSE: KFT] gained 1.72%, which was one of the [...]
Yesterday, the S&P/ASX 200 closed 11 points higher to 4,626.50.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 17 points overnight, finishing Tuesday at 10,526.49.
Retail sales for August rose by 0.4%, the largest gain for five months. However, sales were helped along by heavily discounted goods and ‘tax-free’ holidays which enticed the shoppers to spend.
The FTSE [...]
The S&P/ASX 200 closed 54 points higher to 4,614.90.
The lending data reported yesterday saw an increase in commercial finance, which was higher by 8.2%, and owner occupied housing finance also rose 2.3%. Personal finance commitments were lower by 0.7%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day higher by 54 points to 10,544.13. [...]
On Friday, the S&P/ASX 200 was lower by 21 points to close at 4,560.30. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release its lending data today.
Over the weekend China released its consumer price index (CPI) figures, which rose to the highest in two years, and it was the tenth straight month that the CPI had [...]
Yesterday, the S&P/ASX 200 ended 36 points lower, closing at 4,537.20. Mining stocks were slightly lower as the potential mining tax created more uncertainty.
Coming out today about 11.30am is the labour force data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. An earlier survey of economists has predicted that employment will have risen by 30,000, leaving [...]

