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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... sharemarket was holding its ground at noon after opening moderately higher, with resources stocks leading the way on higher commodity prices. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 13.1 points, or 0.33 per cent, at 4538.9, while the broader ...

Greenback weakness not all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... with its trade weighted index dropping to its lowest since July. For sure, many will benefit from US dollar weakness. Commodity producers are rejoicing because the price of their main exports - oil, precious metals, base metals - rises as the value of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... Australian share market is expected to have another day in positive territory after a rise on Wall street and stronger commodity and metals prices. At 0736 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 11 points higher ...

Aussie dollar rises to restore equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... greenback. Investors, traders and speculators were not short of explanations for their predictions. Global recession. Falling commodity prices. Falling interest rates. Risk aversion. End of the yen carry. Australian recession. China slowdown. Take your ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... Reserve Bank of Australia holds its September board meeting and interest rate decision. The RBA also releases its index of commodity prices for July. On Monday, the Australian share market closed in negative territory as investors sat on the sidelines ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... closed flat after gains on financial and industrial stocks countered falls in the resources sector following weaker commodity prices overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 backtracked 3.7 points, or 0.08 per cent, to 4450.8, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... surged, powered by fresh hopes of a global economic recovery after Friday's gains in Europe and Wall Street and stronger commodity prices brightened sentiment. In Japan, mining stocks and trading houses rose on hopes that demand for raw materials will ...

Market Wrap - Midday

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... Petroleum led the way, gaining $1.80 or 4.21 per cent at $44.52 after it posted a fall in first half profit on weaker commodity prices, and reiterated its annual production guidance. Santos added 24 cents at $14.74 while Oil Search gained one cent at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
Profit takers and weaker commodity prices are taking their toll on the Australian share market, which lost 0.6 per cent in trading on Monday morning as banks and resources stocks sold off. By 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 36.4 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after a fall on Wall Street on Friday and weaker commodity prices. At 0749 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 28 points lower at 4397. The August reporting ...