Stock futures signal higher open; Oracle eyed

Sunday, March 18th, 2012

Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:20am EDT n"> - Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.4 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.2 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures also up 0.2 percent at 0900 GMT. European ...

$A down on US Treasury moves

Sunday, March 11th, 2012

The Australian dollar has fallen on the back of a strong US dollar and equity market. At 1700 AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at 104.50 US cents, down from 105.23 cents yesterday. Since 0700 AEDT, the local unit traded between 104.23 US cents and 104.70 cents. NAB senior market ...

Wall Street marks first big loss of 2012

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

- The Dow dropped more than 200 points on Tuesday, handing Wall Street its worst day in three months on renewed fears of a disorderly default in Greece and concerns that China's slowdown would hit global growth. Wall Street's anxiety gauge, the CBOE Volatility Index or VIX .VIX, ...

Talk of rebound for Perth property

Friday, February 24th, 2012

Perth’s housing market is on the cusp of a comeback, with home values up nearly one per cent over the past three months despite a weak monthly result for February, new data says. RP Data-Rismark ‘s home value index showed Perth home values dropped by ...

Jobless claims hold steady at 4-year low

Monday, February 20th, 2012

- New claims for unemployment benefits were unchanged last week, holding at the lowest level since the early days of the 2007-2009 recession and giving a fresh sign the battered labor market is healing. Workers filed 351,000 initial claims for state unemployment benefits, the Labor Department said on ...