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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... US and European markets, which rallied for the third and fourth straight day respectively on Thursday. By 1200 AEST on Friday the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 79.2 points, or 1.95 per cent, to 4,150.9 while the broader All Ordinaries index rose ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street closed up more than one-and-a-half per cent. At 0655 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up 47 points at 4,4144. There is no major economic or equities news ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... Bond prices were almost unchanged. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 1.93 per cent from 1.92 per cent late Friday, while that on the 30-year bond slipped to 3.24 per cent from 3.25 per cent. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... recall of one of its hearing implant ranges. Major miners dropped on the back of offshore falls in commodity prices on Friday. BHP Billiton fell $1.16 or 3.1 per cent to $36.75, and fellow miner Rio Tinto was down 3.3 per cent or $2.34 to $68.91. Macquarie ...

Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... things will worsen before they become better. We heard from the G-7 finance ministers' pow-wow in Marseilles, France last Friday - blah, blah and more blah. "We met at a time of new challenges to... growth, fiscal deficits and sovereign debt... There ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
US stocks plunged on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sliding more than 300 points, as global stock markets were stung by fresh anxiety in the eurozone over Greece's bailout. The Dow fell 303.68 points (2.69 per cent) to close at 10,992.13. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... delivered a highly-anticipated speech on his plan to stimulate the US economy. The local bourse opened slightly higher on Friday, despite a weak lead from Wall Street, after US President Barack Obama introduced a $US447 billion ($A423.06 billion) plan ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... Australian market looks set to open flat, continuing Thursday's late trend and after falls on overseas markets. At 0704 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 4,170. There is no economic or equities news ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... higher than last week's levels. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note dropped to 1.98 per cent from 2.00 per cent late Friday, while that on the 30-year bond dropped to 3.24 per cent from 3.31 per cent. LONDON - Most European stocks slid on doubts about ...

BT Future2 Wheel Classic hits the road

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... planning profession to support disadvantaged young Australians - sets out from Bourke tomorrow and ends in Martin Place on Friday 16 September. Ray Griffin and Peter Bobbin, both founding trustees of Future2, will be among the riders to travel the final ...