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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... poor leads to the Australian market on Tuesday. Wall Street reversed Friday's gains, although metals were flat to higher. Oil fell. European markets were lower, too. At 0743 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... leads from offshore trading overnight. Wall Street stock indices ended lower, as did precious metals, but base metals and oil were up. At 0745 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down 36 points at 4,305. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... with a late surge on Wall Street ending in a positive finish to the day's trade after earlier losses. Precious metals and oil were higher, too, although base metals were lower. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

Food security back on the radar

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... see Russia now banning any wheat exports, a Chinese firm securing the rights to 2.8 million hectares of the Congo for palm oil production and South Korea has 690,000 hectares in the Sudan for wheat production. It seems that the growing demand for food ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... leading into today's session. We had all those usual hotspots rear their ugly heads: US treasuries rallying, gold was up, oil was down, base metals were down, so we were never going to have a praticularly solid day," Mr Taylor said. "It really does come ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... Ltd, Pacific Brands Ltd and Wotif.com Holdings Ltd. First half results are due from OZ Minerals Ltd, Ausenco Ltd, and Roc Oil Ltd. On Tuesday, the Australian share market closed at a one-month low amid domestic political uncertainty and concern over ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... Exploration Ltd, Seek Ltd, Flight Centre Ltd, Sonic Healthcare Ltd, and Charter Hall Group. First half results are due from Oil Search Ltd, Aristocrat Leisure Ltd, and Melbourne IT Ltd. Brighton Mining Group Ltd is due to list on the Australian stock ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Local markets have received strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with heavy falls on Wall Street, oil falling below $US75, and metals, too generally lower. Only gold futures rose. At 0717 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

Fictional fact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... for forming such a conclusion after reading the following headlines: "Stocks Rise on M&A Speculation; Treasuries Pare Gain, Oil Falls" - Bloomberg "Consumer sector lifts US stocks" - Reuters "Wall Street edges higher on Target" - AFR "Wall Street shares ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... to positive leads from offshore trading overnight. US stock indices were higher, Europe equities were mixed, and metals and oil, too, returned mixed results. At 0731 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down ...