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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... Australia's index of commodity prices for June and the Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) for June. Also, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is scheduled to release building approvals and retail ...

Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... fastest since August last year - following a 0.7 per cent rise in the previous month. This implies that industrial and manufacturing activity continues to support growth in the good ol' US of A. And despite its debt worries, Eurozone industrial production ...

Toot those Vuvuzelas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... second-quarter earnings target. More good news on industrials came from the New York Federal Reserve, which said regional manufacturing expanded for an eleventh straight month in June. Technology stocks got a boost after research firm International Data ...

Great disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... employment is a lagging indicator of the economy. Forward indicators -- such as the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing and non-manufacturing indexes -- continue to herald expansion. And more recently, Americans were seen increasing their ...

AMP boosts SMA service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... reporting service and improved online portfolio management tools for planners and customers. AMP director product manufacturing Paul Sainsbury said the new technology arrangement would make it easier for planners and customers to customise and manage ...

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... their wealth, US consumer confidence is rising. More positive indicators were reported just last night. The ISM manufacturing index might have slipped to 59.7 per cent in May from 60.4 in the previous month. But this is still way above the 50 expansion/contraction ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... before Holder's announcement, with investors juggling worries about Europe's debt problems with upbeat reports on US manufacturing and construction. The euro slid as low as $US1.2112, its lowest level since April 2006, before climbing back to $US1.2298. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... Tuesday morning, with retail sales stronger than expected, but building activity fell short of forecasts. A key manufacturing index was also released on Tuesday morning, showing a 3.5 point fall to 56.3 points in May, while the first of two installments ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... for April. The Australian Industry Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers release their joint Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index for May. In equities news, distribution company Metcash Ltd releases full year results. Sensis chief executive Bruce ...