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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... companies in the financials sector are getting hit at the moment," said Austock senior client adviser Michael Heffernan. Mr Heffernan said margin calls also would have driven shares like Challenger's lower. "I think the weakness in the whole market has ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... disappointing performance given the fair outcome on Wall Street; there aren't many prisoners being taken on the top 20," Mr Heffernan said. "The banks are getting marked back quite significantly. You've got the prospect of higher interest rates next ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
... particularly in the banking sector, as "blood-letting" continued. "Well, it is all cheaper today than yesterday," Mr Heffernan said. "The blood-letting continues and it really is impacting again on financial stocks. "The banks are being mercilessly carved ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... shock downgrade from ANZ. "Everyone is happy when the market is going up, which is a nice change from recent times," Mr Heffernan said. "The banks are doing well after their pasting in the past few days with some now up over two per cent. "Given the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... market," he said. "This is the third day in a row that we've had increases in the market of well over two per cent." Mr Heffernan said the main catalyst contributing to the strong resurgence was the US interest rate cut. "Also the fact that one, our ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
... Australia Bank has been under pressure since its overseas purchase in South Dakota and ANZ has been weak for a while," Mr Heffernan said. At 1204 AEDT, National Australia Bank was down 44 cents to $38.78, Commonwealth was down 44 cents to $60.25 and ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
... cents to $41.57. "The commodities were a bit negative, but not that bad. There's a bit of to-ing and fro-ing there," Mr Heffernan said. "BHP will be a pretty upbeat annual general meeting today. They'll keep their powder dry on the Rio Tinto takeover," ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
... been a bit choppy, which is not surprising given the fact that is no lead from our normal leader, which is the US," Mr Heffernan said. "Commodity prices were a bit on the soft side." "It is interesting that the major drivers of our market, the banks ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... Wall Street last night where there were no major movements down or up and that's clearly positive for our market." Mr Heffernan said the release overnight of positive US GDP data should help erase fears surrounding a US recession. "The US GDP figures ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... Wall Street last night where there were no major movements down or up and that's clearly positive for our market." Mr Heffernan said the release overnight of positive US GDP data should help erase fears surrounding a US recession. "The US GDP figures ...