Currencies

Wrap of events affecting the market on Friday night and the weekend and a preview of the week ahead.

Wall Street stumbled through a second low volume session as tonight’s jobs numbers loom. Dow up 44. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

Oil fell and then recovered last night, so Wall Street did as well. Dow up 34. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

Global markets were off to a flyer yesterday on the first day of the new month. Dow up 348. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

Wall Street slipped to a soft close for the end of month, ignoring a rally in oil. Dow down 123. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

Wrap of events affecting the market on Friday night and the weekend and a preview of the week ahead.

More talk of an emergency OPEC meeting turned oil around yet again and ensured Wall Street closed higher. Dow up 212. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

A mid-session rebound in the oil price affected a tandem result on Wall Street last night. Dow up 53. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

Oil and banks returned as the spectres in global stock markets over the past 24 hours. Dow down 188. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

As bankruptcies among US energy companies accelerate, Wall Street cheers a possible bottom in the oil price. Dow up 228. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)