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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... consumer sentiment data, before the upbeat news from China pushed the local unit higher. Eurozone finance ministers met overnight to discuss Europe's debt crisis and ongoing contagion concerns. Locally, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer ...

US Fed hints at QE3

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... quantitative easing from the US Federal Reserve emerged from the minutes of a Federal Open Market Committee meeting released overnight. The FOMC minutes from its June 21-22 meeting revealed that policy makers disagree on whether additional stimulus is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... significant falls due to concerns of spreading debt problems in Europe. Wall Street and major European markets posted losses overnight as concerns remain about Europe's debt crisis, but the falls were not as heavy as the previous session. At 0756 AEST ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... about the possibility of more European governments hitting serious debt problems sparked major falls on world markets overnight. At 0724 AEST the local September share price index futures contract was 39 points lower at 4,521, indicating a fall of about ...

Carbon blast from the GST past

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... Speaking of which, it looks like it's going to be another bad hair day for equities given the almost 2% drop on Wall Street overnight because of resurgent bad news on debt - America's debt ceiling and Europe's sovereign debt. They have bigger fishes ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... $84.35, while Fortescue Metals climbed 10 cents, or 1.57 per cent to $6.48. The biggest media story in years intensified overnight when News Corporation announced it would close its London-based tabloid, News of the World, Britain's best-selling Sunday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is receiving a sharp boost from trading offshore overnight, after Wall Street surged on positive US economic data and commodities prices rose strongly. At 0719 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was up ...

Boing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
Boing! That's the sound heard all over Wall Street overnight - the sound of rebounding US eco stats, that is. The Street jumped high and pushed the S&P 500 up by 1.1% to its highest close since the 10th of May and 10 points shy of the three-year summit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... Australian share market was expected to open slightly lower today, despite a mildly positive performance by Wall Street overnight, but after commodities were mixed. At 0715 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was down eight points ...

Not in the mood for bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... the mood for any bad news last night. There were plenty - but they were ignored. There were much more negative reports overnight than the scares we already know dished out by the credit-raters the day before. Yes, we already know that Greece is broke ...