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The Greek parliament approved the austerity measures and the cheers spread to the US markets with each benchmarks posting modest gains. Markets returned to the positive territory as investors learnt about the improving odds of Greece securing the next …

Benchmarks suffered their worst day of the year so far as Greece encountered another roadblock in its way to secure the next tranche of its bailout package. Investor sentiment was rattled following this development as markets were waiting anxiously for…

On Friday, markets moved lower after a government report showed that GDP grew slower than expected in the last quarter of 2011. While corporate earnings failed to limit the losses, the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its first weekly fall this ye…

  Benchmarks lost out on the morning’s gains after disappointing home sales and initial claims data dragged the markets lower. As has been the case since late-December, cross-Atlantic tensions deter investors and economic data comes in to lift the …

Strong corporate results helped lift the Dow higher to a six month high, while the S&P 500 registered frugal gains. Meanwhile, an earnings miss by Google weighed down the Nasdaq Composite Index. Nonetheless, the markets managed to end another week …

The major US indices registered gains to close in the green after a slew of positive economic reports were released at home and in China. A successful debt auction in Europe added to the cheer. However, the gains were limited, as investors’ sentiment…

Markets edged lower once again, bogged down by cross-Atlantic concerns as several euro-zone countries looked likely to suffer credit-rating downgrades. Things were also farm from cheerful on the domestic front after banking major J.P. Morgan Chase damp…

Markets looked beyond the disappointing economic data, as a strong bond auction in Europe and a drop in oil prices reversed the benchmarks’ movement and guided them higher on Thursday. Investors were also discouraged by a lower income forecast from C…

 
The post-Christmas, early January period is bullish for the Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM (:DJI) about 50% of the time from 1975 through 2008 and it’s uncertain if the market is setting the stage for a third consecutive bullish run (2009 was up 0…

By Chikako Mogi
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese and Indian stocks outperformed the rest of Asia in thin trade Monday, with sentiment partly lifted by signs of U.S. economic recovery, although trading was subdued with many markets closed for Ch…