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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... inflation gauge for January. In equities news, Linc Energy is expected to post first half results. In Australia, the market on Friday higher after a positive lead from Wall Street, shrugging off higher unemployment levels in Europe. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
The Australian stock market opened higher on Friday, led by the big miners after strong gains in the US overnight. At 1011 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 27.7 points, or 0.65 per cent, at 4,283.2, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Good not great

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... yet, given our "wonderful" fundamentals, US equities should be eating our stock market's dust? Case in point, as at last Friday's closing the S&P 500 index has surged by 101.9% from the GFC low hit last March 2009. Over the same period, the All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... dropped back through $US1.34 at one stage but then it, too, picked up to trade at $US1.3412, compared with $US1.3451 on Friday. HONG KONG - Japanese shares hit a near-seven-month high spurred by a weakening yen, but later slipped in line with most Asian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... debt resolution. At 1200 AEDT on Monday, the Australian dollar was trading at 106.73 US cents, down from 107.17 cents on Friday. From 0700 AEDT, the local currency has traded between 106.58 US cents and 107.18 cents. Nomura head of foreign exchange Kurt ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... Ordinaries index added 21.5 points, or 0.49 per cent, to 4,389 points. NEW YORK - US stocks drifted to a mixed close on Friday in lacklustre trade as the broad market scored a modest gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 1.27 points (0.01 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... on the back of optimistic business data from Germany, and commentary from the Australian reserve bank. At 1200 AEDT on Friday, the Australian dollar was trading at 107.46 US cents, up from 106.47 cents on Thursday. RBC currency strategist Michael Turner ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... Australian dollar has risen after the release of some encouraging economic data from Germany and the US. At 0700 AEDT on Friday, the Australian dollar was trading at 106.84 US cents, up from 106.47 cents on Thursday. Since 1700 AEDT on Thursday, the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... 100.92 points at 9,485.09. On currency markets, the euro was at $1.3215 and 105.01 yen, up from $1.3148 and Y104.54 late on Friday in New York. The dollar was at Y79.47 from Y79.17. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 rose 26.56 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 3315.57. ...

Shorten locks down accountant timeline

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... raise contribution caps. Speaking at the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association (SPAA) national conference on Friday, Minister Shorten said new legislation on advice accountants can provide to SMSFs and the auditors registration will be revealed ...