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Market wrap - afternoon

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
The Australian market opened slightly higher after weak leads from Wall Street and European markets. At 1016 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 8.7 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 4,405.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

A stock market rally could get Obama over the line

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... be dismantled. While Romney has said he will repeal the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act if elected, Stevenson said the level of Wall Street resources already dedicated to compliance makes reform more likely than repeal. Recent bank scandals mean that even the controversial ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... profit to $143 million. Brickworks shares were down four cents at $10.00, while WHSP was down one cent at $12.84. Wall Street closed higher overnight, boosted by the stimulus in Japan and positive US housing data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose ...

Goldman Sachs CFO to retire

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... deputy chief financial officer. He is the longest serving chief financial officer of a major financial institution on Wall Street, said Goldman Sachs in its statement. The announcement was made after shares of Goldman slipped 2 cents to close at $119.88. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... to July 28, fell 40 per cent to $101 million. David Jones shares were down 2.5 cents, or 1.1 per cent, at $2.245. Wall Street had a mixed session overnight, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing slightly higher and the S&P500 and the Nasdaq losing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher despite a flat session on Wall Street dominated by a weak economic outlook from global freight company FedEx. At 0812 AEST the September share price index futures contract was up nine points at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open flat despite falls on Wall Street overnight as euphoria over the Federal Reserve's new QE3 stimulus fade amid concerns about weakness in US manufacturing and anti-American unrest in the Middle East. At ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... leads. "You would have expected our market to show a bit more finesse than what it has so far," Mr Heffernan said. Wall Street closed Friday night's (AEST) offshore session higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P500 both gained 0.4 per cent ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... more than one per cent higher after the US Federal Reserve's announced stimulus measures led to shares soaring on Wall Street. At 1019 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 47.1 points, or 1.09 per cent, at 4,386.5 points, while the broader ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... Russell said the Myer result, which was expected to be weak, was broadly in line with market expectations. Overnight, Wall Street closed marginally stronger. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 9.99 points to 13333.35, the S&P500 climbed three points ...