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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... trading up 44 cents, or 0.93 per cent, to $47.54 on speculation BHP Billiton will launch a takeover bid. But its rivals lost ground, with Santos down 11 cents, or 0.71 per cent, to $15.44 and Oil Search steady at $7.14. BHP Billiton fell five cents to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... or 0.1 per cent, to 1,315. The Nasdaq composite inched up two points, or 0.1 per cent, to 2,745. In Libya, rebels gained ground against longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi after international airstrikes against Gadhafi's forces. Oil prices fell as Libyan ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... market was firmly into positive territory by noon as banks, resources and energy stocks pulled the local bourse to higher ground. At 1220 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 32 points, or 0.68 per cent, at 4731.4 points, while the broader All ...

Super on table for October tax review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, said her organisation did not want to go over old ground. "We want to get on with ensuring that the legislation is passed through Parliament this year. The industry's key focus now ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... and NAB was 15 cents higher at $24.43. Uranium-exposed stocks were among the best performers, earning back most of the ground they lost on Tuesday due to the nuclear danger in Japan. Energy Resources was up $1.02, or 14.43 per cent, at $8.09, Paladin ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... Court in Sydney. On Friday, the Australian share market completed its worst weekly fall in just over nine months, losing ground as sentiment was further eroded by economic concerns in Europe and the United States. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... cent in overnight trading, and the local market followed that lead early in the day. The local market had recovered some ground by noon, however. "For a pretty ordinary overnight performance in the US, there are some bright spots," Macquarie Private ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
The Australian share market remained lower at noon but had recovered some ground as investors took advantage of the market's recent sharp falls. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 5.8 points, or 0.12 per cent, at 4,792.1, while the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... growing investor concern over the unrest in Libya and the wider oil-producing region. Meanwhile the euro narrowly lost ground against the dollar, thanks to a late rally by the greenback in European trading. Europe's main stock markets on Monday resumed ...

ASFA gains new strategy director

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has appointed Gordon Noble as director of government relations and strategy, a position he has begun today. Noble, most recently deputy chief executive for the Committee for Melbourne, will be responsible ...