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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open in positive territory as both Wall Street and commodity prices were higher overnight. At 0735 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 75 points at 3,939. In economic news ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... mixed bag of influences on the market in morning trade, with profit-takers moving in on the major miners. "Some of the commodity prices were reasonably mixed, plus we had a strong day yesterday so there's a few people taking profits," he said. BHP Billiton ...

Precious metals ETCs in vogue

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... economic dislocation. "ETCs also provide an excellent alternative to resource stocks where correlation to the underlying commodity markets can often be low. Given Australia is essentially a resources led economy ETCs are providing a valuable additional ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... index was up eight points at 3,774. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the index of commodity prices for March. The Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
... leads from overseas, but the Australian market is proving its resilience once again," Mr Halliday said. "The move in commodity prices last night I think has been seen as quite a positive, and that has been reflected in the big resource stocks," he said. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open in positive territory after Wall Street rose overnight and commodity prices were stronger. At 0711 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June SPI futures index was up 45 points at 3,670. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... will result in the loss of 135 full time jobs and about 570 contractor positions. The market opened in the red after commodity and Wall Street prices fell overnight, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 41.74 points to 7975.85, a fall of 0.52 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower following a profit-taking day on Wall Street and weaker commodity prices. At 0709 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was down 21 points at 3,743. In economic news, the ...

GFC Problem solved

... implications of this for Australia -- with our relatively stronger economy, our leverage (not in the dirty sense) to commodity prices - and its equity market. Benjamin Ong Do you want access to Ben Ong's monthly and quarterly economic reviews? Click ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
... 3,635 on volume of 8,474 contracts. "The market is down as expect after an ordinary lead from the US on Friday and lower commodity prices," CMC Markets analyst David Taylor said. "But I don't expect the market to be lower than this with the market getting ...