Sydney, Aug 24, 2007 (ABN Newswire) - After four straight positive sessions, the market has ended the week on the other side of the ledger. U.S. exposed firms such as CSL led the market down, while IAG also weighed on the market producing some weaker-than-expected earnings.

Today the S&P/ASX 200 Index closed down 71 points to 6089, but is up 418 points on the week. On the futures market the SPI 200 lost 93 points.

Looking to US indices now, the Dow Jones industrial Index climbed 157 points over the four day trading week. The S&P 500 managed 17 points, the NASDAQ gained 37, and the 100 index lifted 43 points

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