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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... 16 cents cheaper, by 2.25 per cent, at $6.96 and Woodside was down 83 cents, or 1.8 per cent, at $45.37. Woodside on Thursday appointed long-time petroleum executive Peter Coleman, from US energy giant ExxonMobil, as successor to retiring chief executive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
The Australian market is expected to open lower on Thursday, following heavy falls on Wall Street overnight in both commodities prices and equities. On the ASX 24 at 0718 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 56 points lower at 4,729. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... per cent, to $1.395. At 1205 AEST, the price of spot gold in Sydney was $US1,489.00 per fine ounce, down $US30.50 from Thursday's close of $US1,519.50. Gold miner Newcrest was down 80 cents, or 1.99 per cent, to $39.43. In the energy sector, Woodside ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
The Australian market is expected to open lower on Thursday following strongly negative leads from overseas markets overnight. On the ASX 24 at 0731 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 22 points lower at 4,703. In economics news on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... mulled the possible effects on reducing instability in the world, notably in the Middle East. That faded on Tuesday. On Thursday, investor attention will return to interest rate decisions in the eurozone and Britain. The European Central Bank is expected ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... $US109.44. But Microsoft, a component of the Nasdaq and the Dow, lost nearly 3.0 per cent at $US25.92, curbing gains. Late Thursday after the market closed Microsoft reported a 31 per cent rise in earnings to $US5.23 billion ($A4.79 billion), in line ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... Cameron Securities Client Adviser Adrian Leppinus said. "The miners are being held back, as well as companies like QBE." On Thursday, the Australian dollar reached 109.47 US cents, its highest level since the currency floated in December 1983. On Friday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... In Canberra, the Senate Economics Committee reports its findings on competition in the Australian banking sector. On Thursday, the Australian share market drifted away from early gains to close flat as investors considered the effect of yet another fresh ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... contracts traded. A Private Client Adviser at RBS Morgans, craig Walker, said despite the local market climbing higher on Thursday, it had underperformed Wall Street's Dow Jones Industrial Average. "In the immediate term, the (local) market's focus is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
The outlook is positive for the Australian market on Thursday, with strong leads from Wall Street and European equities markets overnight, and higher prices in oil and precious metals. At 0711 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract ...