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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... where Germany's DAX30 index rose to record highs. "We're rallying from that optimism from another solid session for US markets along with Europe," he said. Mr Shamu said a key event for the local market on Thursday would be the release of official private ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... 1,800 points for the first time, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to another record of 16,064.77 points. "US markets are at historically high levels, so some of that is flowing through to our market," Invast Securities chief market analyst Peter ...

Investor appetite for global markets on the rise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... reasons for this," he said. "Economic data out of Asia hasn't been as positive as investors would have liked, and with US markets still uneasy about the future, investors are looking to spread their risk through multiple regions. Investing in international ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... general meetings scheduled. In Australia, the market on Monday closed lower as investors put aside a positive lead from US markets and took a breather from a strong run upwards in recent months. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index dropped 13.6 points, or ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... stimulus program following weaker-than-expected jobs figures. The Australian bourse on Wednesday followed the lead of US markets, which lifted despite disappointing nonfarm payroll figures. The US data - showing that 148,000 jobs were added to the economy ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... to its highest level since mid-2008. Rivkin global analyst Tim Radford said local stocks were taking their lead from US markets, where investors had taken advantage of a slide in prices over the past week. Mr Radford said traders were putting aside concern ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... stock market has followed Wall Street lower as fears of a possible US government shutdown next week weigh on investors. US markets moved lower early on Thursday, Australian time, as budget talks between US lawmakers yielded little progress. The country ...

Most EM currencies bounce back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... investors during July and August that saw them shift an estimated hundreds of billions of dollars from EMs back to US markets in readiness for rising US bond yields. The capital flight triggered the India Rupee to fall 13%, the Indonesian Rupiah to fall ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... retail sales figures at 1130 (AEST)," he said. He said the market was also a bit subdued due to the lack of a lead from US markets, due to the Labour Day public holiday. Mr Spooner said the Reserve Bank of Australia's monthly interest rate decision at ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... the sector is expanding. Mr Daghlian said while the market was around one per cent higher, volumes were light due to US markets being closed tonight due to a public holiday. He said looming prospect of a US strike on Syria was also weighing on sentiment ...