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had their hands full. yesterday, got to hand it to nbc. they had the headline was inside a biden white house adrifted and apparently the president is really steamed every time he says something that doesn t make sense, which is significant, they do a walk back. and he feels like they are making him look bad, and why are the republicans not getting more blame? and why isn t he getting more credit? why are there more democrats on tv saying i m doing a really good job? the president has had it up to here with the staff and with the reaction. katie: this is what the nbc us? story said. quote: the so-called clean-up campaign he has told advisers undermines him and smothers the authenticity that fueled his rise. worse, republican talking points that he is not fully in command. look, the statement is not clear despite the press secretary coming out yesterday a number of times and advisers coming out on
Market close: Wall St s milestone fails to ignite NZ sharemarket
11 Mar, 2021 04:34 AM
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The S&P/NZX 50 Index finished up 20.58 points or 0.17 per cent to 12,272.48. Photo / File
NZ Herald
By: Graham Skellern
The milestone on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones index breaking through the 32,000 points mark for the first time, failed to ignite or excite the New Zealand sharemarket which simply drifted on steady trading.
The Dow Jones was up nearly 1.5 per cent to a new all-time high after the US$1.9 trillion ($2.63t) economic stimulus package was passed by Congress.
But the S&P/NZX 50 Index meandered along, finishing up 20.58 points or 0.17 per cent to 12,272.48 after reaching an intraday low of 12,221.37 and high of 12,.323.25. There were 77 gainers and 64 decliners over the whole market on volume of 51.15 million share transactions worth $177.68 million.