The Overnight Report

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

The Dow was down 94 points early on week data and a weak oil price but recovered to close up 19. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

A weak durable goods result was the main catalyst for more profit-taking on Wall Street last night. Dow down 71. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

Wall Street was steady all day up until the traditional last half hour square-off. Dow down 43. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

A speech by Ben Bernanke hinted QE3 was not off the table at all. Dow up 160. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

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

It was a “risk off” session as weak data from both Europe and China gave Wall Street a good excuse to sell. Dow down 78. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

Wall Street is struggling to post further gains with last night seeing familiar last minute selling. Dow down 45. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

Chinese demand growth for iron ore is slowing, said BHP yesterday, and last night Wall Street panicked. Dow down 68. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

The positive vibe continues on Wall Street with surging Apple shares at the helm. The Dow was only up 6 points last night but the Nasdaq rose 0.8%. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)