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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street overnight amid disappointment the Federal Reserve kept monetary policy unchanged. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was down ...

No Ben boosta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
Ben passes, over to you Mario. While reports of Wall Street's disappointment over the Fed's inaction last night filled cyberspace, somehow I don't think The Street was really that displeased. The S&P 500 index closed down by only 0.3% as we awoke - ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... 4,220, with 8,492 contracts traded. IG Markets institutional dealer Chris Weston said the local market had followed Wall Street's overnight lead. Local shares would stay in a holding pattern ahead of any announcements by the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday ...

Keynes & Riccardo on display

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... sensationalism that goes with each daily move in the markets - dragging out all the negative atoms in the universe when Wall Street is down to rationalise why it is and therefore, it shall be, and vice-versa. Oh no Johnno! Not this time, not when with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street as markets await the outcome of a two-day Federal Reserve policy meeting. At 0815 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down 17 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... that lowering the level of Spanish bond yields fell within the mandate of the ECB. US stocks closed in the red as Wall Street hopes for US Federal Reserve and ECB stimulus action this week and awaits a report on the July jobs market. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Noi! Noi! Noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... driving thoughts of A$/commodities decoupling are recent reports that global central banks - 60 of 'em according to the Wall Street Journal - "allocating reserves into Australia assets, with around 30 of those new entrants to the market, arriving in ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher, despite falls on Wall Street overnight, as investors await the outcome of European Central Bank and Federal Reserve policy meetings it's hoped will result in stimulus measures. At 0805 AEST on ...

Believe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... 50 surged by 4.3% while we were sleeping, led by a 6.1% spike in Spanish stocks and a 5.6% jump in Italian shares. Wall Street did too - the Dow and the S&P 500 closed 1.7% on the up and up. I think I said this before Draghi did... but I got ignored ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street and European bourses rose strongly after the European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi pledged full support for the euro. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures ...