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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
Australian shares remained around four per cent lower at noon as fears of a new global economic crisis gripped the local market. At 1200 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 168.7 points, or 3.94 per cent, at 4,107.8 while the broader ...

LICs benefit from FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
The impending loss of trailing commissions for managed funds has made listed investment companies more attractive by leveling the playing field, an industry insider said yesterday. John Robinson, chairman of Global Mining Investments (GMI), a listed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
Australian shares were slightly higher at noon as they made up some of the ground lost on Wednesday, buoyed by a positive session on Wall Street. At 1200 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 1.1 points, or 0.03 per cent, at 4,333.9 ...

Super funds hit back at anti-carbon tax groups

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
Superannuation funds and fund managers have warned against the advertising campaign against the carbon tax, with concerns it's misleading the public and threatening a shareholder resolution. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), responsible for ...

Gold, gold, gold, but not to Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
Australian investors, including super funds, misinterpreting gold as a returns generator rather than as a defensive strategy is costing them major opportunities in the sector. Taurus Funds Management is a specialist in the gold sector and their director ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
Australian shares opened almost two per cent lower following a horror session on Wall Street, amid fears that the US may be slipping back into recession. At 1032 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 83.3 points, or 1.88 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Australian shares were down by 1.3 per cent at noon as weaker than expected building approval data released late Tuesday morning prompted shares to fall further from initial losses. At 1200 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 56.9 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... earlier. Perth-based miner Mirabela Nickel dropped 16 cents to $1.96 as it boosted nickel production at its flagship Brazilian mine by 20 per cent during the three months to June 30. However, cash costs rose by 13 per cent. Developer Australand Property ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
Australian stocks were higher at noon, despite the failure by the United States to resolve its debt-ceiling stalemate, which dragged Wall Street lower overnight. At 1200 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 30.5 points, or 0.67 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
The Australian stock market was lower at noon, extending losses from the morning as investors fretted over worries a potential US default. At 1206 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 41.7 points, or 0.91 per cent, at 4,561.2 points, while ...