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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
The Australian stock market has received mixed leads from overseas. Wall Street ended little changed overnight, while base metals prices also were mixed. At 0802 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was at 5,650. Today, the ...

Hedge funds post worst Q1

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
... 2.78 per cent in this year's first quarter. The report found equity hedge, event driven and emerging market funds suffered heavy losses after volatile global equity markets, a lack of market liquidity and "severe de-leveraging in some markets." However ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher this morning after US stocks increased as a range of technology companies posted better-than-expected results. Gains may be limited as most base metals, gold and silver declined overnight. Oil was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
... per cent as blue chips remained negative. The NZSX-50 benchmark index, which yesterday had a healthy 0.9 per cent gain on heavy turnover, fell 9.3 points to 3583.3.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher this morning after US stocks rose overnight on reports of takeovers and the oil and gold prices gained. At 0659 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was 19 points lower ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
... Ordinaries lost 83.2 points, or 1.49 per cent, to 5,504.1. NEW YORK - US stocks surged on Friday as Internet leader Google and heavy equipment maker Caterpillar showed resilience in the face of a slowing economy with profits that defied Wall Street's ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
... David Halliday, said the market was taking strong leads from the resources sector. "The resources stocks are doing most of heavy lifting today and are having a hefty impact on index," Mr Halliday said. "It has also been aided by rises in the banking ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher this morning, despite overnight falls on Wall Street and amongst base metals in London. On the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index at 0705 AEST was up 45 points at 5673. In the news ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
The Australian stock market was mixed at noon, with strong gains from the resources sector offsetting heavy falls from the banks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 6.8 points lower at 5612.8, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 4.2 points ...

Don't strangle sovereign funds: OECD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... governments have a responsibility to safeguard national security, yielding to nationalist and protectionist impulses carries a heavy cost. Other countries may interpret them as protectionist and begin to tighten their own investment regimes," the OECD ...