Thursday, September 08, 2005

Stock Markets Morning News 9/8/2005

Stocks decline as oil prices rebound

U.S. stock index futures inched lower on Wednesday, suggesting a slightly weaker market open, after a government report showed slower-than-expected business productivity and an uptick in a measure of inflation. Traders at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. (Seth Wenig/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. stocks declined on Thursday, as oil prices rose and ahead of a government report expected to show sharp drops in crude oil and gasoline inventories due to disruptions from Hurricane Katrina.


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Wall Street's Rally Stalls As Oil Rises

U.S. stock index futures inched lower on Wednesday, suggesting a slightly weaker market open, after a government report showed slower-than-expected business productivity and an uptick in a measure of inflation. Traders at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. (Seth Wenig/Reuters)AP - Rising oil prices threatened to halt Wall Street's recent rally Thursday as investors sold off stocks after the run-up of the last two sessions.


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Stock market indicators negative amid high oil prices, economic worries

Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - Global indicators were mostly negative for North American stock markets early Thursday, weighed down by concern about crude oil prices and supplies.

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Wall Street set to dip, EBay eyed

Reuters - U.S. stock futures were pointing to a weaker opening on Wall Street on Thursday with uncertainty over the Federal Reserve's monetary policy in the wake of Hurricane Katrina dominating the market's focus.

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Dollar holds steady on talk of rate rise

Reuters - The dollar gained against the yen and held steady against the euro and Swiss franc on Thursday as expectations grew the Federal Reserve could continue raising interest rates despite the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina.

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Wednesday's Wall Street Glance

AP - Dow Jones Industrials

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Nikkei turns tail, ends down

Reuters - Tokyo's Nikkei share average fell 0.28 percent on Tuesday as investors cashed in steel makers such as JFE Holdings Inc. following a morning run that had pushed the benchmark above 12,700 for the first time since 2001.

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Katrina's Effect on Markets Is Uncertain

A military helicopter continues the process of dropping 3,000 pound sandbags into the break in the 17th Street drainage canal in Metarie, La.,  Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005.  The wall was damaged when Hurricane Katrina made landfall last Monday. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, investors trying to figure out where Wall Street is headed are likely to find it's an impossible task.


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NYSE member arrested in threat case

The facade of the New York Stock Exchange on Broad Street in Manhattan April 20, 2005, where it was announced that the NYSE plans to merge with Archipelago Holdings Inc. A New York Stock Exchange member has been arrested in connection with a telephone threat to a fellow member about the NYSE's deal to buy electronic trading company Archipelago Holdings Inc., New York police said on Monday.  (Mike Segar/Reuters)Reuters - A New York Stock Exchange member has been arrested in connection with a telephone threat to a fellow member about the NYSE's deal to buy electronic trading company Archipelago Holdings Inc. , New York police said on Monday.


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NYSE Member Arrested for Alleged Threat

AP - A member of the New York Stock Exchange was arrested Monday for allegedly threatening another member who sued to oppose the Big Board's takeover of electronic rival Archipelago Holdings Inc.

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