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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... sector was the main factor contributing to the market's losses. He said Moody's downgrade of Portugal's government debt overnight was the reason for weakness in the banking sector. "Portugal was downgraded to junk status overnight and maybe the market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... release of US non-farm payrolls data, a key employment indicator, due later in the week. Wall Street finished mixed overnight: the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P500 closed lower, but the NASDAQ managed a small gain. Major commodities such as oil ...

The other Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... Had it not for the optimistic hangover of the past week, equity markets would have been given up more than they did overnight. The S&P 500 index slipped by 0.13%, the Euro Stoxx-50 index closed 0.7% while the FTSE-100 index ended 0.1% on the up. To be ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... fallen into negative territory by noon on low volumes due to little local and international news, and a public holiday overnight in the United States. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 4.6 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 4,606.1, while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... The Australian share market was expected to open stronger today, despite the absence of leads from offshore trading overnight. At 0702 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 4,614. In economics news on Tuesday, the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... overall market sentiment remained positive, as fears of a Greek default slipped away. Greek MPs voted a second time overnight in support of an austerity package necessary to secure aid to avoid the nation defaulting on loan repayments. "Generally, risk ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is likely to open stronger for the fourth successive day, following more rallies overnight as the Greek parliament confirmed its austerity drive. At 0715 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was up 19 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... IRESS data. Industrials (up 1.59 per cent) and utility stocks (up 1.33 per cent), also were strong during the morning. Overnight, Wall Street extended gains to a third straight day, while futures contract prices for gold, oil and copper also settled ...

Pigs may fly but they won't default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... is the message delivered by the relatively miniscule 0.48 per cent increase in the Athex Composite Share Price Index overnight. It is because the Greeks can now go back on their merry way and brag to the whole world that yes, they were on the brink but ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... higher at $105.22, while its majority owner Rio Tinto had advanced $1.25 to $81.60. Wall Street traded higher during the overnight session, rallying more than one per cent to close up for a second straight day. National turnover in Australia was 858.3 ...