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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher after a positive close on Wall Street on Friday following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's speech at an international conference of global central bankers. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the September ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
Australian stocks have opened firmer amid broad-based gains as local market players looked past a poor night on Wall Street. At 1031 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 12.6 points, or 0.29 per cent, at 4,328.3 points, while the broader ...

Variant Perceptions' variant perception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... suspect Ben has another speech written - just in case the bigger-than-what-we've-seen-over-past-few-day's decline on Wall Street overnight gathers pace before or during his talk. There's the QE Paradox, remember. QE lives! It won't be long now till all's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... 0.93 per cent, to 4,315.7, while the broader All Ordinaries index lost 41.3 points, or 0.94 per cent, to 4,340.2. Wall Street stocks fell, with investors too worried about high gas prices and stagnant employment to be impressed by higher consumer spending. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... the moment, but the real question is going to be how much further iron ore prices can go." In foreign market news, Wall Street in New York closed almost flat for the third straight session after mixed data results continues to send conflicting news about ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... call within the standard error or a normal day's activity, even though they finished down a bit," Mr Heffernan said. Wall Street closed slightly weaker - the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.17 per cent and the S&P500 backpedalled 0.08 per cent. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after a mixed finish on Wall Street with no clear direction from economic data and investors waiting for a key speech by Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke. At 0745 AEST on Wednesday ...

Nomura hires ex-RBS fixed income head

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... in London with the bank as head of EURO delta trading. Linton is Nomura's second big hire in recent times, with The Wall Street Journal reporting the bank had poached Sydney-based Bank of America Merrill Lynch managing director and equity strategist ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street finished mixed and gains on European markets despite a key German business sentiment indicator falling to its lowest level since March 2010. At 0750 AEST on Tuesday, the September share ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... stocks have opened firmer amid broad-based gains as local market players took their cues from a positive night on Wall Street. At 1030 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 20.7 points, or 0.48 per cent, at 4,369.7 points, while the broader All ...