US sharemarkets were mixed on Friday
Craig James
CommSec
US sharemarkets were mixed on Friday. Shares in Alibaba soared by 38% on the IPO price to US$93.89 a share. But shares in Oracle fell by 4.2% while Yahoo lost 2.7%. The Dow Jones index rose by almost 14 points or 0.1%. The broader S&P 500 index fell by 0.1% while the Nasdaq lost almost 14 points or 0.3%. Over the week the Dow Jones rose by 1.7%, the S&P 500 gained 1.3% while the Nasdaq edged higher by 0.3%. In US/Europe on Friday the Aussie dollar fell from highs near US89.95c to lows around US89.20c before ending the US session near the lows. And the Japanese yen held between 108.57 yen per US dollar and JPY109.24, ending US trade near JPY109.01. The Aussie is near US89.30c this morning with the Japanese yen at JPY109.10.
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I am married with three children (all in their 20s) and currently live in Huntleys Cove in the inner west of Sydney. Chief interest is athletics and trying to keeping up with the children.My current role is Chief Economist, Commonwealth Securities, interpreting big picture economic and financial trends for customers, clients and staff. Previously I was Chief Economist at Colonial and have worked at the Australian Financial Review as a senior writer.As well as providing presentations to staff and clients and commentaries on financial and economic trends, I appear regularly in the electronic and print media.I have worked in banking, finance and journalism for 38 years.I hold both Bachelor and Master degrees in Commerce (Economics). Both degrees were undertaken at University of NSW. I am an Adjunct Professor at Curtin Business School in Perth.
Craig James
Chief Economist
CommSec
I am married with three children (all in their 20s) and currently live in Huntleys Cove in the inner west of Sydney. Chief interest is athletics and trying to keeping up with the children.My current role is Chief Economist, Commonwealth...
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Craig James
Chief Economist
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I am married with three children (all in their 20s) and currently live in Huntleys Cove in the inner west of Sydney. Chief interest is athletics and trying to keeping up with the children.My current role is Chief Economist, Commonwealth...
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No areas of expertise
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