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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
The Australian market has received strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street's key indices all finishing over one per cent lower. Gold and silver were higher, but oil slumped. At 0716 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share ...

Commodities rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
C'mon commodities! Just like equity markets, commodities have been knocked down by the recent increase in volatility but have just as quickly recovered. Commodity prices largely depend on rising demand - or more accurately, demand outstripping supply ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving positive leads from offshore trading overnight. All key Wall St indices are higher in late trading. European markets also were higher overnight, as were precious metals. Copper was down slightly, and oil continued ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
The Australian dollar was trading about half a US cent lower at noon, as concerns over Australia's economic recovery continue. At 1200 AEDT on Friday, the local unit was trading at 98.99 US cents, down from 99.50 cents on Thursday. Since 0700 AEDT on ...

Super back in the spotlight

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
After being largely overlooked during the election campaign and in the scramble to form government, Resources Minister Martin Ferguson has put superannuation policy firmly back in the political spotlight. The Minister called on mining companies and ...

NGS Super considers Shariah-compliant option

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
NGS Super is looking to launch a Shariah-compliant investment option based on the feedback from the Islamic members of the fund. Chief executive Anthony Rodwell-Ball told the audience at yesterday's Rainmaker Marketing Symposium that the fund is working ...

Insurance industry on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
The insurance industry is hiring aggressively as distribution strategies ramp up - but the number of asset management and advice jobs continue to contract following falling employer confidence and market corrections. According to the latest Hiring Trends ...

RSPT is govt trying to pick winners: academic

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
The resource super profits tax (RSPT) is a cash grab from the mining industry that shows overseas investors Australia is prepared to change the rules at the height of a boom, said a leading tax academic. Professor Neil Warren from the Australian School ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open moderately higher after a mixed lead from overseas markets overnight. At 0727 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 20 points higher at 4,577 points. In economics ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
The Australian market has flat to negative leads from trading offshore overnight, with Wall Street marginally higher, but European and Asian markets generally lower. Precious and base metals were lower in New York, although oil was slightly higher. ...