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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after the three day slump to a new four year low gives investors a buying opportunity, and after US stocks rebounded overnight. Energy stocks may also gain after the price of oil increased, although ...

Market Wrap - Midday

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket was over four per cent lower at noon following heavy losses in the banking sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 177.4 points, or 4.32 per cent, at 3,930.4 while the broader All Ordinaries index dropped ...

Sisyphian challenge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
Like the mythical king Sisyphus, fiscal and monetary authorities continue to push a huge boulder up a hill only to watch it roll back down. But while Sisyphus rolled the same rock over and over, the global boulder authorities are trying to push over ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket was stronger at noon, up more than two per cent, driven by China's massive economic stimulus plan, which has boosted appetite among local investors for commodity based stocks. Also, the Reserve Bank of Australia has indicated ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket remained firmly in the red at noon, dragged down by the miners after sharply lower base metal prices in London and a more than five per cent drop on Wall Street overnight on heightened concerns of a US recession. At 1210 AEDT ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today after Wall Street fell on concern that President-elect Barack Obama will struggle to reverse the slowing economy. At 0833 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket was trading almost two per cent higher at noon on the back of stronger commodity prices, gains in the resources sector and a good lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 82 points, or 1.95 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket was firmly in the red at noon, weighed down by mining stocks following largely softer metals prices overnight and a flat US lead. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 73.2 points, or 1.73 per cent, at 4,148.3 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket has made a strong start to November, up more than two per cent at midday, driven higher by financial stocks ahead of an expected 50 basis point rate cut in interest rates by the Reserve Bank of Australia tomorrow. Analysts ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
The Australian sharemarket was just over one per cent lower at noon with the major miners weighing on the market following a fall in commodity prices overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 53.7 points, or 1.34 per cent, at 3947.4 ...