The Overnight Report

Strength on European markets belied an ever weakening euro while Wall Street struggled to justify further gains before losing its bottle in the last hour. Dow down 113. (Locked for subscribers until 10:00 AEST)

Wall Street was heartened by economic data and pushed indices back above the collapse level of last week. Dow up 148.

Wall Street rode an uneasy rollercoaster last night but it was up and only up for gold, to a new record high. Dow down 36.

Wall Street was last man in to the global relief rally on the back of the euro defence package announced after the New York close yesterday. Dow up 404.

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

Greek protest riots turned fatal last night as the euro took another hit. Wall Street closed off its lows with the support of private jobs data. Dow down 58.

European markets gave the Greek rescue a vote of no confidence last night sparking a huge flight to quality and sending stocks and commodities tumbling. Dow down 225.

Strong manufacturing numbers in Australia, Europe and the US helped turn markets around as the Greek plan fails to allay fears. Dow up 143.

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

Confident of a Greek rescue, Wall Street embraced a raft of strong earnings reports and positive economic data last night. Dow up 122.