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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after Wall Street stocks provided no clear lead, base metals generally were higher, and gold and oil were up up on Friday. At 0744 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US equities and metals, including gold and copper, increased overnight. At 0749 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index futures contract was up 14 points at 5,679. In ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after US stocks and base metals prices declined on Friday. At 0804 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index futures contract was down 49 points to 5,380. In company news today ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... to 5,384. In equities today, MFS Ltd holds an extraordinary general meeting in Melbourne. ASIC action against Fortescue Metals Group continues in the Federal Court in Perth. Yesterday, the Australian share market closed marginally lower after falls on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... investors sold off financial shares on fears that funding for leveraged buyouts could dry up and hurt bank profits. Base metals were up in London. At 0702 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index futures contract was down 38 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... per cent, the lowest since February 2005. Back home, the big diversified miners were stronger on the back of strong base metals prices overnight. At 1202 AEDT, BHP Billiton was 87 cents higher at $36.57 and rival Rio Tinto found $2.27 to $125.07.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... market closed nearly unchanged yesterday, with the big miners dragging the bourse into negative territory following weaker metals prices, while investors looked for bargains and bought banking shares. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down just 0.9 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... to $46.05 while Babcock & Brown put on 42 cents, or 3.43 per cent at $12.68. But the miners ran into trouble after base metals prices fell sharply in London overnight, investors worrying about a slowdown in demand as the US economic outlook worsened. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... New York staged a late rally to come back from falls that followed the Bear Sterns fire sale. In London overnight, base metals were significantly lower. At 0726 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was up 4 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower on the back of a poor lead from Wall Street and a mixed metals market in London. At 0701 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was down 36 points at 5124. Today ...