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Morning Market Wrap: Dollar strong after volatile night

The Australian dollar opened stronger today after a volatile night where it was pulled down by the euro. At 0700 AEST the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.6881/86 compared with yesterday's close of 0.6878/84. In overnight trading the local unit ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Bank rebound offsets resources sector

A rebound by the banks offset some heavy profit taking in the resources sector as the Australian share market edged to a fresh 16 month high today. Macquarie Equities client adviser Helen Spencer said overall the market had suffered a change in sentiment ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Solid gain led by News Corp, AMP

... fell 5.33 points to 9674.68. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index was 0.67 of a point lower at 1038.06, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index added 3.41 points to 1915.31. In London, The UK's FTSE 100 share index closed down 2.9 points at 4311.0. ...

Midday Market Wrap: ASX hits holding pattern

... fell 5.33 points to 9674.68. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index was 0.67 of a point lower at 1038.06, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index added 3.41 points to 1915.31. In London, The UK's FTSE 100 share index closed down 2.9 points at 4311.0. ...

Morning Market Wrap: International markets gain; Dollar weaker

... Index rose 4.95 points to 1038.73. The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was up 18.12 points at 1911.90. Trading was heavy with about 1.56 billion shares changing hands on the New York Stock Exchange and 2.08 billion on the Nasdaq. Stocks pared ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar hits six year high

... firm yen. The Nikkei ended up 80.19 points at 10,820.33. In HONG KONG, stocks recouped early losses to end flat, despite heavy selling of property stocks after Henderson Land Development Co Ltd said it would place new shares. The benchmark Hang Seng ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Mixed performance by blue chips

The Australian share market closed slightly higher today amid a mixed performance by blue chip stocks. Banking and resource stocks had mixed fortunes, while index heavyweights Telstra and News Corp softened. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed 1.5 ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Flat trading for NSW, SA and ACT public holiday

Encouraging news from the US over the weekend helped the Australian share market close in positive territory today, led by the resource sector and News Corp. The gains came on relatively flat trading attributable to public holidays in NSW, South Australia ...

Afternoon market wrap: $A rockets to five-and-a-half year high

The Australian dollar rocketed to its highest level in five-and-a-half years today and looks set to fly past 70 US cents this year. Its faster than expected rise has some currency experts now raising their expectations about how high the local dollar ...

ANZ still has some hurdles to jump in NBNZ aquisition

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
The New Zealand regulator may have cleared the way for ANZ Banking Group Ltd to acquire the National Bank of New Zealand (NBNZ) but there are still a few hurdles left for the Australian bank to jump. ANZ is the only bank ready to buy NBNZ from Lloyds ...