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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
Australian shares fell in morning trade, extending early losses on profit-taking investors. The market opened half a per cent lower on Wednesday after dramatic falls on overseas metals markets and a weak start to the US reporting season overnight. By ...

Waiting to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
Regular gentle readers would know by now that today's heading has in no way any relation to the 1995 romance film of the same title but to the goings-on in the financial markets. Equity markets didn't do much overnight. The S&P 500 was up a little ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
Australian shares were higher at noon, bucking a weak US lead as investors took heart in a plan to recapitalise ailing European banks to help contain the impact of the eurozone debt crisis. The local market took less than half an hour to move into positive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street again rose more than one per cent. At 0632 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up 54 points at 4,122. In economic news on Friday, The Australian Industry ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
Australian shares were flat at noon with cautious investors lacking confidence heading into a long weekend. The market opened flat after the US market's less-than-expected response to Germany's approval to beef up Europe's rescue fund to stave off a ...

Second tranche of FOFA well received: industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
The second tranche of FOFA reforms has earned a warm, albeit subdued, welcome from the industry with little or no reaction from large dealer groups but solid support from industry associations. In response to the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
Australian shares extended early gains at noon, with materials leading the market as commodity prices slowed their steady descent of recent weeks. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 114.9 points, or 2.97 per cent, to 3978.8, while the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
Australian shares remained in positive territory at noon but had shed some of their early gains from morning trade as anxious investors awaited more news about a Greek bailout from Europe. After opening higher following German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell almost 2.5 per cent overnight. At 0654 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 95 points at 3,990. In economics news, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
Australian stocks look set to open higher despite mixed movements on international markets overnight. At 0707 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was 33 points at 4,078. Overnight, the Dow Jones closed just 7.65 points ...