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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... per cent) at 1,800.14. The surges were fuelled by a wave of new Boeing plane orders and continued positive investor sentiment for stocks. Locally, in economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its monthly board meeting. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
The Australian stock market has opened higher after stronger than expected US jobs figures lifted investor sentiment on Wall Street. Commsec market analyst Steven Daghlian said the local market was following Wall Street higher on Monday in the wake ...

Macquarie posts solid half-year result

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... impacted by further impairments in the Metals and Energy Capital business (MEC), reflecting continued weak investor sentiment and confidence in resource equity markets," Moore said. Operating expenses for the half year were up 13% to $2.9 billion year-on-year ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... European markets finished last week on a positive note as the end of the US government shutdown continued to buoy investor sentiment. Mr Spooner said the local market was now at an "inflection point" which could see it either gain steadily over the coming ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... market has opened lower for the fourth straight session as concerns about political gridlock in the US hit investor sentiment across the globe. A standoff between Republicans and Democrats in Congress has already caused the partial shutdown of the US ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... stocks were the worst performers on the market. St Louis Fed president James Bullard's comments weighed on investor sentiment, as it came only days after US Fed chairman Ben Bernanke had suggested quantitative easing would continue, Australian Stock ...

Perpetual profits boosted by cost savings initiative

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... Despite the strong result, Lloyd warned that there is still likely to be challenges ahead for the business. "Investor sentiment is still fragile. Volatility, although easing, is still impacting flows across the industry. Perpetual's balance sheet is ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... disruption caused by Typhoon Utor. Dealers cited improved economic data in the US, Europe and China for buoying investor sentiment, along with a Japanese media report saying Tokyo was mulling corporate tax cuts to help offset an expected rise in sales ...

BEN boosts margin lending arm with new appointment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... position of head of wealth markets at BEN. The move back towards LE is a response to a perceived improvement in investor sentiment, after years of caution in the wake of the global financial crisis. "The reality is that the sector has experienced a downturn ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... data that had sparked heavy selling on prospects of a reduction in the US Federal Reserve's stimulus policy. Investor sentiment was also soothed by easing concerns over Portugal's political crisis, dealers said. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies ...