Energy

Wall Street yet again came back from a wobbly brink last night thanks to Case and Shiller. Dow down 11.

Bond issue fears and mixed results had Wall Street wobbling last night, although resilience won out. Dow up 15.

Barclays Capital notes oil demand is more sensitive to economic growth rates in Asia than in other regions.

Wall Street surged last night on positive housing and jobs data. Dow up 188.

Barclays Capital suggests a normalisation of the oil market balance requires higher prices to be achieved.

The Dow and S&P failed to mark an eighth day of rally as the market took a breather. Dow down 34.

Wall Street posted its seventh consecutive session of gains last night. Dow up 67.

The S&P and Dow joined the Nasdaq on new highs last night, setting up for the same in the ASX 200 today. Dow up 104.

Mixed earnings made for a mixed performance over most of the day, but some thin volume late buying ensured a positive close on the Dow.

It was a flat market on Wall Street last night until suddenly an uber-bear surrendered his claws. Or did he? Dow up 95.