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Bell FX Currency Outlook: The local unit fell to a low just above 1.0400 against the Greenback as concerns over a potential rate cut next week have started to creep in.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average seesawed within a narrow range, though carrying a slight negative bias, after the FOMC was slightly less dovish in its policy statement. The Fed concluded its latest two-day meeting by keeping rates unchanged and continuing its bond-buying efforts amid a mixed picture of economic growth.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is higher after international investors welcomed news of a surge in domestic business confidence.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 68 points, or 0.5%, to 13950 in midafternoon trading Tuesday, on pace to close at the highest level since October 2007. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose seven points, or 0.5%, to 1507. Blue chips headed toward a five-year high as Pfizer topped earnings expectations and investors shrugged off sluggish consumer-confidence data.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: Australian dollar tumbles to lowest level in a month as markets consolidate.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: Australian dollar softens despite positive Chinese data.

A broad rally in major indexes lost steam Thursday afternoon, as a disappointing earnings report from Apple weighed on technology shares. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 19 points, or 0.1%, to 13798. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index lost three points, or 0.2%, to 1491.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: Australian Dollar finds support on US dollar weakness as it shrugs off weaker local data.

Stocks reversed earlier losses and looked to extend last week's multiyear highs, as investors monitored corporate earnings and the White House said President Barack Obama won't block a debt-ceiling extension. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 43 points, or 0.3%, to 13693 in midafternoon trading Tuesday, recovering from a morning drop of as much as 27 points

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has moved higher after the Bank of Japan announced further stimulus measures designed to further weaken the JPY in the future.

U.S. markets were closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. day. European stocks nudged higher after Germany's central bank delivered an upbeat assessment of the country's economic outlook, but moves were muted with Wall Street closed for a public holiday.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has traded in a very narrow range overnight as US markets were closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

A broad rise in U.S. stocks revved up in afternoon trading Thursday, following talk of additional central-bank stimulus from Japan and a pair of encouraging U.S. economic reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 94 points, or 0.7%, to 13605. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index added nine points, or 0.6%, to 1482.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has weakened slightly in Friday's night trade and opens up this morning around the 1.0500 level.

After three years of house price falls, Dubai's housing market is now recovering fast, while its neighboring Abu Dhabi, UAE's capital, is still struggling.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The resilient Australian Dollar has opened the day's trade in the mid-1.0500's once again after poorer jobs data yesterday in Australia pushed the AUD below 1.0500 overnight. A higher Chinese GDP set to be out today is deemed to push the AUD higher.

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A drop at Boeing weighed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, while strength in Apple and the technology sector lifted the other major U.S. indexes into positive territory. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index gained one point, or 0.1%, to 1473, while the Nasdaq Composite added 10 points, or 0.3%, to 3120. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 25 points, or 0.2%, to 13510 in Wednesday afternoon trading, following five days of gains that pushed the index to within 1% of its highs from la...

Bell FX Currency Outlook: Australian Dollar edges higher ahead of domestic jobs data today.

U.S. stocks edged lower as investors balanced upbeat retail sales data against a sluggish measure of New York-area manufacturing, and as Apple weighed on the technology sector

Bell FX Currency Outlook: Australian Dollar little changed as US debt ceiling nervousness creeps in.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: Australian dollar edges higher ahead of US Fed Chairman speech. The Australian dollar has opened marginally higher against the Greenback after trading in a tight range in what was a relatively quiet overnight session

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar opens today's trading in the mid 1.0500's recovering from a relatively quiet session Friday night.

Blue-chip stocks edged higher Friday, capping a week of modest gains, though Wells Fargo & Co.'s earnings weighed on bank shares. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 17.21 points, or 0.1%, to 13488.43 Friday.

Chicago, Illinois-based hedge fund manager AM Capital Advisors outperformed its peers and gained 62% in volatile 2012 versus the DOW index +7.22%, NASDAQ +13.62%, and S&P 500 index +13.29%, AM Advisors president Mr. Aaron Miller said in an emailed statement.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is eyeing USD 1.0600 as the grind upwards continues.

Financial shares led broad gains in major benchmarks, as market-watchers found reasons for bullishness in economic data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 42 points, or 0.3%, to 13433. Bank of America paced the blue chips, rising 2.5%.

As bushfires in Australia's most populous region has yet to abate, government authorities are now seeking more volunteers as local firefighters could no longer attend to the growing number of incidents on an hourly basis.

Investors kicked off the latest quarterly-earnings series with broad-based gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 61 points, or 0.5%, to 13390, in Wednesday afternoon trading.