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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... Exchange. Consolidated volume came to 3.8 billion shares. LONDON - European equities traded mixed, while the euro lost ground against the dollar, with concerns over Greece's debt mountain playing against weaker than expected US trade data. London's FTSE ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
Australian shares made up some ground in morning trade but remain lower at noon due to substantial falls in materials stocks due to lower commodity prices. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 7.4 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 4,746.3 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... Peacock said. "It was pretty flat for the session." The rebound followed weak offshore leads as the United States market lost ground overnight. "Surprisingly we're seeing the materials and energy sector having a bit of a bounce," Mr Peacock said. "They ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... with Commonwealth Bank leading the sector higher after gaining 68 cents, or 1.28 per cent, at $53.75. Many retailers lost ground, however, as investors assessed the possible impact of higher interest rates on discretionary spending. Harvey Norman lost ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... downgrade of the US sovereign debt outlook to "negative" from "stable." LONDON - European stock markets gained some of the ground lost a day earlier after Standard & Poor's shocked investors with an US debt outlook downgrade some dealers saw as a needed ...

Ansett trustees make a move

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... transferred to holding fund, AUSfund, after Ansett Airlines collapse. In 2004 around $65 million was transferred from Ansett Ground Staff Super fund, Ansett Flight Attendants fund and the Ansett Pilots Management fund, representing about 3,000 accounts. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... cents at $26.23. Westpac was down eight cents at $24.72. The major miners weighed on the bourse after base metals lost ground in London over the weekend, while energy stocks were down 0.2 per cent. At 1208 AEST, shares in BHP Billiton were down 19 cents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... five week-old nuclear crisis at the stricken Fukushima plant. WELLINGTON - Fletcher Building shares regained some of the ground they lost in recent days as an index change loomed and Tourism Holdings shares surged in reaction to a partial takeover, but ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
The Australian stock market was lower at noon, giving up ground during the morning following a flat start and despite a flat to positive lead from offshore. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 15.9 points lower at 4,868.3 points. Meanwhile ...

Trio victims turn on planners

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
Self-managed super fund trustees left without compensation from the Trio fraud debacle have turned on their former financial advisers. About 100 investors are suing defunct financial planning firm Tarrants Financial Consultants, reportedly on the grounds ...