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Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following strong gains on Wall Street as Americans head to the polls in the presidential election. At 0700 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was up nine points at 4,482. ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... said he expected the RBA to cut rates, given some concerns about a slowing economy and easing worries on inflation. Wall Street finished higher. The Dow gained 0.15 per cent, the S&P500 advanced 0.22 per cent and the NASDAQ ended up 0.59 per cent. The ...

Market Wrap early AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street showed a mixed performance and European stocks slid amid cautious trading on the eve of the US presidential election. At 0635 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... lower. While ANZ was down 21 cents at $24.94 and CBA had fallen nine cents to $57.28, NAB was down six cents at $24.81. Wall Street finished weaker, after initial enthusiasm from a better-than-expected US jobs report faded as market players looked ahead ...

A week full of question marks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... 7.8% is also good because this reflected the increase in the participation rate from 63.6% to 63.8% in October. The 'Wall Street Journal's' MarketBeat offered an explanation in its headline: "Good Jobs Reports = Less QE3 = Stocks Dropping". I don't think ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell following stronger-than-expected jobs figures and as caution grew ahead of the presidential election. At 0700 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was down ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
The Australian market has opened higher, led by gains on Wall Street and higher commodity prices. At 1019 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 27.5 points, or 0.62 per cent, at 4,485.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Good not great but getting better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... all those who sold in May and went away? This was my first thought after I clicked through the closing numbers on Wall Street and Europe this morning. For what I saw was good - their respective equity indices jump by over 1.0% last night. But nah, it ...

Market wrap Early AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... points, or 1.2 per cent, to 4,479.9. NEW YORK - Positive data on consumer confidence and the manufacturing sector gave Wall Street a solid bump higher after Wednesday's flat reopening following the Hurricane Sandy shutdown. The data trumped another mixed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... the December share price index futures contract was 34 points lower at 4,470 points, with 11,709 contracts traded. Wall Street reopened overnight after closing for two days for superstorm Sandy, and ended the session mostly unchanged from Friday's close. ...