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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... slid 35 cents to $26.95. The Australian dollar dropped almost one per cent immediately after the Australian Bureau of Statistics said the nation's unemployment rate stayed at a two-year low 4.9 per cent in April. It was fetching 105.98 US cents at 1205 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... price index futures contract was 56 points lower at 4,729. In economics news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) issues labour force data for April, and the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) conducts tender processes ...

A-dollar one-point-seven-o

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... It's cheaper to see the world than holiday in Uluru. We'll get further evidence of this when the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its report on "International Trade in Goods and Services" for March later today. This is part of a floating currency's ...

AFA award launched to encourage female financial planners

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... that research suggests women are underinsured and are inadequately financially prepared for their retirement. "TOWER statistics reveal that although women make up 45% of the Australian workforce, only 12% of TOWER Australia income protection claims come ...

Instos move into ETFs as sector surges

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... total number of ETFs on the market combined is now 52 as a new fund trading hedged gold has been launched since the statistics were collected. Jonathan Morgan, equity markets business development manager for the ASX, said the market capitalisation of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... price index futures contract was 22 points lower at 4,703. In economics news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) issues data on retail trade and building approvals in March. The Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) conducts ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... rates on hold when it meets on Tuesday, even though inflation is showing signs of creeping up. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported last week the Consumer Price Index (CPI) had risen by 1.6 per cent in the March quarter for an annual inflation ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... positively but had since dribbled steadily downwards. The market had become softer before the Australian Bureau of Statistics released the latest inflation figures, Mr McCarthy said. "It looks to me as if there are concerns about weaker metals prices ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... points higher at 4,941 points. Economics news on Wednesday will be dominated by the release, by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), of the consumer price index for the March quarter. In equities news, Macarthur Coal Ltd releases its March quaterly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... at 4,912 points. The only piece of economics news scheduled for Thursday is the release by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) of Producer Price Indices for the March quarter. Scheduled equities news is quiet, too. Caltex Australia Ltd holds its ...