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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
The Australian share market had extended its early gains at noon, up over two per cent, buoyed by the banks and miners. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 90.2 points, or 2.41 per cent, at 3,827.7, while the broader All Ordinaries gained ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger following significant gains on Wall Street on a surge in financial stocks ahead of the US reporting season. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

Experts pick top stocks and sectors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
Financial planners should look towards the mining sector and good value small to mid-cap stocks to boost returns in Australian equities allocations over the next two years, according to industry experts. Craig James, chief equities economist at CommSec ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly lower after losses on Wall Street and in Europe, although commodity prices rose after a sell-off earlier in the week. At 0725 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
Australian shares are expected to rise on Wednesday after commodity prices, including gold, oil and copper, gained in New York overnight. At 0715 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 24 points higher at 3,968. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
Local banks pushed the Australian share market slightly higher at noon, after the United States Federal Reserve said major US banks that were ordered to raise capital had developed sufficient plans. Many of the resource stocks, including Australia's ...

It's all about China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
The times...they really have changed. Will this be Generation Next's new economic order. I speak of course about the fast increasing dominance of China in the world stage. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept interest rates unchanged at 3 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
The Australian share market had surged over two per cent by noon with the big miners and the banking sector helping to buoy the market. At 1202 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 77.3 points, or 2.07 per cent, at 3812.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained on better homebuilder sentiment and positive comments about banks from analysts. Oil and industrial metals also gained overnight, suggesting energy and mining stocks will ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
The Australian share market was more than two and a half per cent lower at noon, with concerns about the stability of the US economy dragging the market down. At 1200 AEST, the S&P/ASX200 index slumped 110.4 points lower, or by 2.86 per cent, at 3745.7 ...