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Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... Statistics is due to publish employment figures for October, at 1130 AEDT. Market consensus is for the economy to have added 5,000 jobs in the month. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,717.00 per fine ounce, down $US6.95 from Wednesday's local ...

RBA holds rates but deploys rhetoric as magic pudding

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... work in the stock market is better for the future of Australia." "The RBA is obliged to control inflation, but also to boost jobs and if it can do that by talking and avoiding policy action then that's magic." He added that with the government looking ...

Westpac calm in face of storm

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... better suited than its rivals to weather future financial storms. The bank is just emerging from a period of consolidation. Jobs have been cut and efficiencies made but the balance sheet looks much stronger as a result. While NAB faces years carrying ...

Market Wrap early AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... to 1,410.82. The Nasdaq Composite gained 3.42 points, or 0.11 per cent, at 2,985.55. On Friday, an encouraging US October jobs report provided only a fleeting boost to stocks, with markets ending down about one per cent. LONDON - European equities slid ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... $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 to the upcoming US elections. The Dow fell 1.05 per cent, the S&P500 eased ...

A week full of question marks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... hiring - up 184K last month from 128K in September and expectations for only a 120K gain. There were 30K less public sector jobs in October - also good for it reduces Uncle Sam's deficit bill. Even the unemployment rate's tick up to 7.9% from 7.8% is ...

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 Early AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... cent, at 3,020.06. The encouraging economic indicators lifted investor sentiment ahead of Friday's keenly awaited October jobs report, the final snapshot of the economy before the November 6 election. The markets jumped higher on a gain in consumer confidence ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... superstorm Sandy hit New York. Investors were also awaiting the release of key data, including on Chinese manufacturing and US jobs. Tokyo rose 0.98 per cent, or 86.31 points, to 8,928.29, Sydney gained 0.70 per cent, or 31.3 points, to close at 4,517.0 ...

UBS to cut up to 10 000 jobs

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
Swiss bank UBS AG could cut as many as 10 000 jobs after announcing a $AUD 2.25 billion net profit loss on Tuesday. As part of a cost-cutting following the result, Switzerland's biggest bank said that it "is likely to have a headcount of around 54 000" ...