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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
The Australian stock market has opened higher, as gains among the big miners helped offset a weak start from the retail banks. At 1032 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 7.3 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 4,436.8 points, while the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
The Australian dollar has risen slightly after weakness following the Reserve Bank of Australia's official interest rate cut. The Australian market looks set to open higher, following the lead of Wall Street which rose on the back of better-than-expected ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower. At 0830 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down three points at 4,394. In economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Reserve Bank holds it monthly board meeting and decides ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's lead at the end of last week which closed up despite conflicting signals, as investors weighed disappointing economic news against reports of higher profits at big companies. At ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's rise despite mixed earnings reports, mediocre jobs claims figures but strong housing data. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 18 points at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
SYDNEY, April 23 AAP - The Australian share market opened slightly lower, despite gains on Wall Street and positive leads from European markets. At 1014 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 3.6 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,362.9 ...

Instos should challenge commodity exposure: FQ

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... Darnell. "Most of what you're doing by holding companies that invest in commodities is really holding exposure to the stock market and the Aussie dollar." First Quadrant has recently conducted research that looks at the correlation between total ASX ...

Market Wrap-Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after solid German business confidence data and stronger profits from Microsoft, McDonald's and other major US corporations helped the Dow Jones finish about 0.5 per cent higher. At 0800 AEST on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower, following Wall Street's lead where US employment and housing data overshadowed a successful Spanish bond auction. At 0813 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down three ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower as nervousness over the eurozone's debt crisis resurfaces following news that Italy's recession will be worse than expected and Spain's bad loan ratio is at an 18-year high. At 0808 AEST on Thursday, the ...