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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 26.7 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4399.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 23.9 points, or 0.54 per cent, to 4410.3 points. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

The return of the cocooning consumer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... holders. The research also found the number of people who are dipping into their savings to fund their lifestyle has also fallen and, of those who did, did so less frequently. "With uncertain economic conditions, more money in a savings account acts ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 67.3 points, or 1.54 per cent, at 4310.2, while the broader All Ordinaries had fallen 64.7 points, or 1.47 per cent, to 4326.7. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 42 points ...

Sweet and sour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... "nervy nellies" might be feeling after seeing Chinese equities rebound more sharply just as fast and by more as it has fallen. China's Shanghai Composite Index jumped by 4.5 per cent yesterday (sweet), erasing the previous day's 4.3 per cent fall (sour). ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... contract was 29 points lower at 4396 on 14,832 contracts. A market analyst with CommSec, Juliette Saly, said the market had fallen with profit-taking and a big drop in commodity prices in offshore markets, which had dragged BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto ...

Investors want more Centrelink

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... which could mean a reduction in age pension. Add to the mix lessened pension entitlements for those whose investments have fallen in value, and planners have their hands full with concerned clients worried about their current or future retirement plans. ...

It's coming true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... which makes up around 70 per cent of the economy - to spend. But note that, even during boom times, retail spending have fallen by more than 1 per cent on some months. This was tied to another report showing continued weakness in the US labour market. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
... futures contract was two points lower at 4263 on a volume of 10,466 contracts. The two biggest miners both were down. Rio had fallen $1.42 or 2.43 per cent at $57.13 while rival BHP Billiton lost 50 cents at $37.26. But the four big banks gave support ...

Euro PE market shows value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
... trend, the average European leverage buyout purchase price multiples for deals between $1.6 billion and $845 million had fallen from more than 10 times multiple in 2008 to just under that number in June this year. "In a couple of months time, whether ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 38.7 points, or 0.89 per cent, at 4287.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 37.6 points, or 0.87 per cent, to 4293.4. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index futures contract ...