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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... September share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 4,614. In economics news on Tuesday, the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its monthly meeting to consider, inter alia, official interest rates. Its decision is expected to be ...

Super funds returns on upwards trend

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... have been," said Alex Dunnin, Rainmaker's director of research. "It's nearly triple inflation and well above what the top bank deposits are paying right now. Consumers should remember that super fund returns are after all fees and taxes have been paid ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
Australian stocks were higher at noon amid broad based gains led by information technology and industrial-linked companies. A positive day for ASX-listed airlines also buoyed the local bourse. At 1208 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 30.6 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... June and ANZ job advertisements series is also published. That is followed on Tuesday by the monthly meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia board. There is no significant equities news scheduled. On Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 16.8 ...

I'm still standing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
"And did you think this fool could never win Well look at me, I'm coming back again I'm still standing yeah, yeah, yeah I'm still standing yeah, yeah, yeah." -Elton John, I'm Still Standing Oh yeah, oh yeah. Call it short covering or call it end-of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... manufacturing (PMI) index for June, and the Housing Industry Association (HIA) releases new home sales data for May. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) publishes its index of commodity prices for June, and the Australian Office of Financial Management ...

Bank stocks rise on Greek confidence

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
Share markets rallied today as the Greek parliament passed the first of two austerity packages while violent protests continued against the deeply unpopular reforms. But economists and market commentators have warned that the austerity package and associated ...

ING IM deal sees UBS climb the ranks

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... that catapults the Swiss firm to the ninth biggest fund manager in Australia. The deal, which is subject to Dutch Central Bank approval, takes UBS' funds under management from just over $14 billion to $48 billion. UBS is currently the 28th largest fund ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... $3.38, while the insurer's industry peers were flat to higher. QBE was steady $17.04, Suncorp was up one cent at $8.02, and Bank of Queensland was up nine cents, or about 1.2 per cent, at $8.14. The biggest mover on the S&P/ASX20 was CSL, which advanced ...

Pigs may fly but they won't default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
Rejoice! For the Greek Parliament has passed the government's fiscal austerity measures! Wall Street was happy - the S&P 500 index gained 0.8 per cent on the news - but Europe was euphoric - the Euro Stoxx 50 index jumped 1.9 per cent and the FTSE-100 ...