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Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... Wall Street. At 0653 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up seven points at 5,596. In the US stocks gained helped by a wave of solid US economic data. Locally on Thursday, official retail spending figures and international ...

Banks lead Australian market lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... bias from the RBA," Mr Le Brun said. "When we didn't get one, we saw an acceleration in terms of selling in high-yield stocks yesterday, and it's carried through today." Mr Le Brun said GDP (gross domestic product) figures released on Wednesday had not ...

Vanguard first to offer A-shares through ETF

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... its FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (ASX: VGE) to include the so-called A-shares as well as some additional small-cap stocks, by moving it from replicating the mostly large and mid-cap FTSE Emerging Index to the broader FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... per cent, at 5,636 points. The broader All Ordinaries index was down 94.1 points, or 1.64 per cent, at 5639.9 points. US stocks have finished lower in choppy trade, following European equities downward after a senior EU official complained of slow progress ...

Shares fall ahead of RBA rate call

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... $18.5 million hit as it looks to streamline its operations following a string of acquisitions. On Wall Street overnight, stocks rose slightly ahead of a busy week of economic news. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 29.69 points, or 0.16%, to 18,040.37 ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... 5,735.4 points. The broader All Ordinaries index was down 40.9 points, or 0.71 per cent, at 5,734.0 points. NEW YORK - US stocks rose Monday as a busy week of economic news kicked off with Intel's announcement it will buy rival chipmaker Altera for $US16.7 ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following falls in US stocks. The June share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 5,761. The main Wall Street stock indexes were down by about 0.6 per cent on Friday, after a key consumer ...

Bargain hunters drive strong market gains

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... shares," he said. "Every sector is up with the bargain hunters having a go at everything, not just the banks; even network Ten stocks are up. "I think the view that interest rates may go down again have partly spurred this." The big four banks were among ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... at 5,713.1. The broader All Ordinaries index was down 9.6 points, or 0.17 per cent, at 5,714.6. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have dipped, following leading euro zone equity markets lower on worries about a potential Greek exit from the currency bloc. ...

Van Eck launches small cap ETF

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... exclusively selects dividend paying companies in the asset class and seeks to reduce risk by focusing on only the most liquid stocks. The index has outperformed the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index over the last five years and with reduced ...