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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... inched up slowly in morning trading as investors tried to make sense of mixed earnings reports. Reports from Dell Inc and Staples Inc sent contrasting messages about how much corporations are spending. Dell jumped nearly six per cent after the computer ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... said the market had moved into positive territory after a negative start, boosted by the major banks and the consumer staples sector. Mr Esho said data out on Wednesday on consumer sentiment was "not exactly positive, but not as negative as it could ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... its best first quarter since 1998. Companies in so-called defensive industries like health care, utilities and consumer staples have outperformed lately due in part to concerns that high gas prices will slow the economy and cut into corporate profits. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... resources sector. In the US overnight, a small recovery took place in defensive stocks such as commodities and consumer staples, amid concerns about high fuel prices eroding consumer spending and cutting into corporate earnings. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... were 0.75 per cent lower, according to IRESS data. Sectors in the green included gold (up 1.59 per cent) and consumer staples (up 0.29 per cent). Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said players were waiting on the release of Chinese economic data ...

Three star Bell appoints equities analysts

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... Both analysts have over ten years of experience in European markets and specialise in consumer discretionary, consumer staples and industrials, all sectors that are well represented in Bell's portfolio. S&P awarded the three-star rating as part of its ...

Mind the leadership gap: survey

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... sector's poor results still better than those from all other sectors surveyed: health care, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, information technology, industrials or resources. Andrew Beveridge, Senior Consultant - Human Capital at Aon Hewitt ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... share market was slightly higher at noon, as gains in the financials were offset by weakness in the energy and consumer staples sectors. At 1201 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 8.7 points higher, by 0.18 per cent, at 4,764.4 points, while the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... doing the best they can to alleviate it but the market will continue to speculate on it." Resources, banking and consumer staples stocks were the worst performers on the local market, while the energy sector gained ground on a rising oil price. "It's ...

Slim pickings in intl equities: van Eyk

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... long-term ramifications and the fact that Australia has some of the most expensive markets in the world, such as consumer staples and financials. "We are not necessarily arguing that international equities are exceedingly cheap, they are cheap and we ...