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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
The Australian share market remained higher at noon with takeover activity in gold stocks and strength in resources stocks driving the gains. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 22.3 points, or 0.46 per cent, at 4,897.8 points, while ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
The Australian stock market was in positive territory at noon supported by gains in the resources sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 13 points, or 0.27 per cent, at 4,910.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
The Australian share market has received positive leads from overseas, with Wall Street indices and the oil price up. Metals prices were lower, however. At 0721 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 26 points higher ...

FUM breaks through $1.4 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Assets managed by investment managers has broken through the $1.4 trillion barrier again after climbing 12.8 per cent in 2009 and returning to where it was 18 months ago, according to new research from Rainmaker. "This is the third consecutive quarter ...

While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
Whew! Thank goodness we got some reprieve from the avalanche of economic data released over the past few days. Wall Street closed flat to up overnight as it nervously awaits what the mother of all economic releases - the US Non-farm Payrolls report ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
The Australian share market was flat at noon, drifting marginally lower from the monrning as traders awaited the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision on whether to raise the official cash rate. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 0.1 ...

Data data everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
Mondayitis. This and the flood of first-tier economic data set to be released later in the week will keep the Australian financial markets well, a bit out of sorts today. Friday night's performance on Wall Street was not telling enough to sway Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
Australian shares are expected to open lower after Wall Street indices were down overnight, and commodity prices fell. At 0822 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 54 points lower at 4,664. In economic news on ...

Change of heart

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
It wasn't that too long ago that central banks the world over were losing their attraction for the US dollar and diversifying their currency reserves. China, Russia, Asian and Middle Eastern central banks were falling in love with the yen and the euro ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
If you believe the mantra that any economic recovery would not be sustainable without employment growth, then there is now no doubt that Australia has one sustainable economic expansion going. The latest Labour Force, Australia released by the Australian ...