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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... resources sector while the financials were experiencing a drop after months of gains, Mr Sekely said. Strength in consumer staples stocks may be down to improving sentiment in the retail sector, he said. "I think the retailers generally are making positive ...

Beware consumer staples: Lincoln

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
The $90 billion consumer staples sector is showing signs of strain and the number of distressed stocks are increasing, said Lincoln Indicators. The latest Health of the Market report by Lincoln Indicators noted that around 24 per cent of consumer staples ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... contracts. IG Markets research analyst Ben Potter said there had been broad-based gains led by the materials sector. "Consumer staples and financial servers also are bouncing back from some of the losses we saw yesterday," Mr Potter said. "The strong ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... contracts. IG Markets research analyst Ben Potter said there had been broad-based gains led by the materials sector. "Consumer staples and financial servers also are bouncing back from some of the losses we saw yesterday," Mr Potter said. "The strong ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... Mr Taylor said. "We're also seeing money flowing into the gold stocks but there's weakness among property and consumer staples." Westpac Banking Corporation said its full year profit declined 10.7 per cent. Its stock rose 19 cents to $25.62. Among the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... announcement of taking over (hardware wholesaler) Danks, and having the joint venture with Lowes in the US," he said. Consumer staples were mixed after supermarket giant Woolworths announced it is to enter the hardware sector with a takeover offer for ...

Healthcare, utilities and EMs top FM list

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009

Focus on quality: T. Rowe Price

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... There's nothing economic about it. It's simply the rotation out of what are the "quality" sectors, especially consumer staples and health care, to whatever sectors were down the most," he said. The pace in which some fund managers are exploiting the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... from Wall Street and lower commodities prices overnight, but some buoyancy was provided by banks, miners and consumer staples stocks. At 1201 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 24.1 points, or 0.61 per cent, at 3,914.6, while the broader All ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... bit of a consolidation phase at the moment and the likes of the normal safe sectors and defensive sectors, like consumer staples, are doing well, and the healthcare sector is doing well," Mr Taylor said. "That is a sign that investors are perhaps more ...