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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket was holding its ground at noon after opening moderately higher, with resources stocks leading the way on higher commodity prices. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 13.1 points, or 0.33 per cent, at 4538.9 ...

The Venus solution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... economy nowhere. And with the Bank of Japan back to its zero interest rate policy, new PM Yukio Hatoyama needs to hit the ground running. Among the host of problems the Japanese economy faces, the new PM should focus on turning around the deteriorating ...

Stop illegal early release of super: ASIC

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
ASIC has fired its warning shot on illegal early release on super - and is appealing to trustees to help plug increasing cases spurred by losses from the GFC. ASIC is concerned that the current market conditions are contributing to an increase in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... a slide in Chinese stocks that damaged already shaky investor sentiment. High-tech exporters such as Kyocera Corp lost ground with chip-linked shares that rose in morning trade, but this was countered by a surge in Sanyo Electric and gains by auto shares. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... 9.94 points (1.01 per cent) to settle at 989.67. LONDON - European stock markets closed higher, recovering some of the ground lost in the previous day's heavy sell-off. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares gained 40.77 points, or 0.88 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... 1.54 per cent, to $37.67, while rival Rio Tinto lost $1.44 or 2.4 per cent to $58.55. Australia's major lenders also lost ground, with Commonwealth Bank (CBA) leading the sell-off after its stock went ex-dividend on Monday. CBA's shares were $1.29 or ...

September mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
... dead cat bouncers hit back! 'Twas only yesterday I was pondering the timing of when the bouncing dead cat would hit the ground again. For as adamant as the dead cat bounce camp is that the deceased feline will hit the ground with a thud one day - someday ...

V still likely

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... its back. Many who doubted that the stimulus measures are going to work have now recanted - some continue to hold their ground, but their numbers are shrinking. The Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) has, at no point in time, doubted that so ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... higher at 4,013 on 11,599 contracts. ABN Amro Morgans private client adviser Bill Bishop said the banks have lost some ground, while resources were performing strongly. "Certainly Rio, amongst the real heavy weights, that is probably the stand out performance," ...

Push for redemption freeze lifts: PASL

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
... this reason, we submitted a redemption request very soon after the freeze was implemented, thereby placing a 'stake in the ground' for the fund," he said. The court eventually deemed that the rights of unit holders had been adversely affected by the ...