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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... changing hands for $2.21 billion, with 495 stocks up, 490 down and 405 were unchanged. The highest traded stock was Empire Oil and Gas NL, with 205 million shares changing hands for a total $2.737 million. Empire's share price rose 0.3 cent, or 25 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... generally positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with all key Wall Street indices higher, although gold was flat and oil was lower. Copper hit a record high. On the ASX 24 at 0710 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was 21 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... we did," Mr Heffernan said. "When you look across the top 20 ASX listed companies, most of them are stronger." While both oil and gold fell on Friday, silver and copper rose. At 1030 AEDT, major miner BHP Billiton was down 23 cents at $46.44 and Rio ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... positive leads from offshore trading over the weekend. All three key Wall St indices ended higher on Friday, and although both oil and gold fell, silver and copper rose. On the ASX 24 at 0659 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was eight ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... overnight, with Wall Street flat, European markets mixed, Asian markets mostly closed, while precious metals were higher. Oil was down slightly. On the ASX 24 at 0642 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was five points higher at 4,788. ...

Egypt not just another pyramid scheme

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... play in the Arab world and how being sympathetic to the US has made it a force for moderation in a region that controls world oil supplies following its 1979 peace deal with Israel. Note that it was this treaty that unfortunately lead to the 1981 assassination ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... trading overnight, with Wall St indices turning in robust performances on strong earnings reports. Metals were higher, although oil eased. On the ASX 24 at 0828 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was 42 points higher at 4,765. In economics ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
The Australian stock market was firmer at noon as concerns over Egypt supported higher oil prices and led to gains among energy-linked companies. At 1212 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 11.6 points, or 0.21 per cent, at 4,765.5, while the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street indices rebounding from heavy losses on Friday. Precious metals were mixed, but oil prices surged. On the ASX 24 at 0738 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was eight points higher at 4,734. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... competing influences," Mr Jones said from Wellington. "On the one hand, we had quite a strong night for commodity prices with oil prices up four per cent, gold prices rising nearly two per cent. "Those commodity price gains certainly provided some support ...