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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... Australian market is set for a flat start despite an unexpectedly strong increase in US consumer spending in February. Wall Street rose slightly, its ninth straight session of gains. At 0800 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... after it sold its Digital Brand Services division for $A152.5 million to US-based Corporation Services Company. On Wall Street overnight, a tiny gain gave the Dow Jones Industrial Average its eighth straight increase - its longest winning streak in two ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
The Australian market is set to open higher as Wall Street posted a small rise and on better news from Spain, where borrowing costs eased. At 0820 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up nine points at 5,123. In economic ...

Refresher pause?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... we thought, it would be there today or tomorrow, it slips a few points. The good news is that trading activity on Wall Street overnight very much looked like it's only a refresher pause. After dipping by as much as 0.51% in intra-day trade, the S&P 500 ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... climbed nine cents to $29.29, Commonwealth Bank found 31 cents to $70.44, and Westpac eased six cents to $31.19. On Wall Street in the US on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its seventh straight day of gains.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
The Australian market is set to open modestly higher on Tuesday, as Wall Street rose to another record high. At 0659 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up five points at 5,159. In economic news on Tuesday, National Australia ...

Still the best game in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
Wall Street continues to treat us to the spectacle that is the running of the bulls. The Dow is now a full 2.0% away from its 2007 record and the S&P 500 is less than 10 points away from reclaiming its own. To be sure, there was some not so good news ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... by 1.22 per cent to 3,840.15 points. HONG KONG - Asian markets climbed following another record breaking close for Wall Street's Dow Jones index, while Tokyo hit its highest level since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008. Tokyo closed up 2.64 per ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
Australian shares remain near four-and-a-half year highs, pushed up by a fifth straight day of gains on Wall Street. The market has opened about 0.1 per cent higher, with mining stocks the best performers in early trade. CMC Markets chief strategist ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... HONG KONG - Asian stock markets mostly reversed gains from the previous day despite the Dow hitting another record on Wall Street, but Tokyo's Nikkei was further supported by a weak yen. Tokyo rose 0.30 per cent on Thursday, or 35.81 points, to 11,968.08 ...