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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... Street. At 0644 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down eight points at 5,942. On Wall Street, stocks sagged ahead of the start of first-quarter-earnings season, with traders hedging their bets after last week's solid gains. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... in more than seven years. The release of monthly trade balance figures for China later on Monday could give Australian stocks a boost, if it offers positive signs for that economy. The Australian market opened higher and was within four points of 6,000 ...

Fund manager insists active approach not broken

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... simply not behaved how they should, which has understandably caught professional investors out. "Normally, you would expect stocks with negative earnings to underperform stocks with positive earnings. And over the long term, that is what we observed," ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... with costs for goods declining for a 37th straight month - bad news for local resources groups. Energy and consumer staple stocks are the best performers on Friday, with the banks mixed and miners lower. BHP Billiton was down 26 cents at $29.93, Rio ...

Go south young (China) man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... Seng Index to a seven-year high. Trading volume in Hong Kong was the highest on record. The reason, "Demand for Hong Kong stocks from mainland investors has picked up in the past week, partly because shares in Chinese companies listed in Hong Kong are ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
The Australian stock market is flat with energy stocks weaker on heavy oil price falls. In early trade on Thursday, mining and energy stocks had given up most of Wednesday's strong gains, IG market strategist Evan Lucas said. And, he said, there was ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... added 29 cents to $30.74, Rio Tinto was up $1.08 at $57.23 and Fortescue Metals was 10 cents stronger at $1.895. Energy stocks were boosted by a rebound in crude oil prices to $US53.98 a barrel in New York, the highest level for 2015 so far. Woodside ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... cut have given the share market a post-Easter boost, with virtually all sectors making gains. Banking and dividend-paying stocks are the main beneficiaries ahead of the central bank's April meeting on Tuesday, Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael ...

Hyperion closes funds to new investors

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... performance for clients. By limiting funds before reaching our capacity we will preserve the concentration of high quality stocks in our portfolios and provide ample headroom for future outperformance and inflows from existing retail clients." Hyperion's ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... Tuesday, gains are primarily rising in the yield plays, Mr Shamu said. "These are the banks, the likes of Telstra - all the stocks that pay good dividends are being rewarded by investors," he said. The big banks were all stronger. Commonwealth Bank added ...