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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
The Australian market is set for a modestly higher open higher after a surge in bank stocks fuelled gains on Wall Street. At 0818 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up six points at 4,531. In local economic news, the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... cent, to 4,503.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell 28.2 points, or 0.62 per cent, to 4,511.8. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks closed marginally lower as budget talks continued in Washington. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 13.82 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... note ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) interest rate decision due at 1430 AEDT, despite a weak lead from Wall Street. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said the strong prospects of some more interest rate relief from the central bank ...

Uncertainly certain RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... Nah, it's not because of what you're thinking...but because European equities were in the midst on an uptrend and Wall Street was starting out strong. All because of the better-than expected manufacturing PMI report out of China - HSBC's measure moved ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
The Australian market is set to open lower as weak manufacturing data from the United States caused a fall on Wall Street. However local shares could be boosted later on Tuesday if the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cuts the cash rate by 25 basis points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... points, on volume of 8,220 contracts. The local market outperformed a flat lead from the weekend offshore session, when Wall Street finished little changed and London's FTSE100 closed down a slender 0.06 per cent. Baillieu Holst director Richard Morrow ...

China: economy rising, market sinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
They're still debating the cliff over yonder on Wall Street. And the headlines remain full of it - deal is close... no, it's not. And so it will be until the midnight hour when both sides of the US political divide shake hands, agree to kick the problem ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
The Australian market is expected to open higher after gains on Wall Street overnight. Stocks on major US indices enjoyed early gains before they were trimmed back by news that there had been no major progress by politicians toward a compromise on the ...

Diamond in the region

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
No flip flop today but with Europe silence (for now), Wall Street continued cliff-watching the latest development on the cliff-hanger that is the fiscal cliff. Investors even ignored the large upgrade in US third quarter GDP. Perhaps because it was ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... contracts traded. IG Markets analyst Stan Shamu said the Australian market had opened in positive territory after Wall Street posted solid gains overnight spurred by encouraging remarks by President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner on averting ...