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Market Wrap - Midday

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
The Australian stockmarket was weaker across the board at noon, despite a slight rebound on Wall St overnight. At 1215 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 75.9 points, or 2.15 per cent, at 3447.3 while the broader All Ordinaries had dropped ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
Australian stocks were lower at noon after a strong negative lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 89.6 points, or 2.08 per cent, at 4,212.9, while the broader All Ordinaries lost 83.9 points, or 1.97 per cent, to 4,167.5. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market had lost about $45 billion in value by noon, after Wall Street went into convulsions overnight following the rejection by lawmakers of a massive rescue of the US financial system. At 1215 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 had ...

America on its knees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... recent Federal Reserve lending and liquidity initiatives.' The extent of the current market upheaval is such that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has extended a helping hand, announcing that from today (18 September) failure to deliver ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... New York investment bank Lehman Brothers amounting to no more that $150 million. Lehman Brothers' filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission listed ANZ Banking Group as having $85.3 million in exposures via two bank loans worth $US44 million ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
The Australian share market continued to perform well at noon, with gains in the mining and financial sectors. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 76.5 points, or 1.55 per cent, to 5009.4, while the broader All Ordinaries added 59.8 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
The Australian share market remained in negative territory at noon but was off its lows as investors sought buying opportunities. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had lost 85.9 points, or 1.69 per cent, at 5,008.9 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
The Australian share market was 0.2 per cent lower at noon as surging gold and copper prices helped mining stocks but energy companies slid on expectations that Saudi Arabia would boost oil production. A mixed performance on Wall St provided little ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
The Australian share market had declined about one per cent as of noon after data showing accelerating inflation in the US hurt Wall Street and industrial metals mostly fell overnight, causing the miners to slide. Insurance Australia Group (IAG) led ...

Short selling faces revamp

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... practice is treated in the US. The US first began tightening their regulation around short selling in 2005 when the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) established what is known as the Regulation SHO to target "naked" short selling where the ...