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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
The sharemarket is lower after disappointing results from CSL and Suncorp Group sent their stocks dipping, while falling oil prices dented the energy sector. Shares in market heavyweight, the Commonwealth Bank also fell despite it announcing a recorded ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... at 5,814.5. The broader All Ordinaries index was down 4.6 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 5,770.1. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have followed European equity markets lower, dropping on growing fears of a Greek default and exit from the eurozone. At the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher despite Wall Street losing ground after US stocks initially lifted on good jobs figures. At 0813 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up six points points at 5,758. ...

Zenith recommends Perpetual, Australian Property funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... adopts a more concentrated investment strategy versus Wellington. Wellington's funds typically held between 50 and 110 stocks, while under Perpetual's approach the funds will typically hold between 20 and 40 stocks. The transition of the funds is expected ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
"US Stocks Climb as Oil Gains, Pfizer Rises on Hospira Purchase" This was Bloomberg's take on the whys and the wherefores for the S&P 500 index's 1.0% rebound overnight after slipping by 0.4% the day before that was prompted by a 9% plunge in oil prices ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... (1.03 per cent) to 4,765.10. US oil prices gained more than four per cent to close above $US50 a barrel, lifting petroleum stocks. Dow member ExxonMobil climbed 1.0 per cent, while oil-services giant Halliburton added 2.2 per cent. Dow member Pfizer ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
The share market is flat as falls by energy and mining stocks offset gains in the financial sector. The market was in negative territory for most of the morning session but could again close in positive territory, which would be an eleventh straight ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat, following a weaker lead from Wall Street with US stocks fluctuating as oil prices again fall. At 0836 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 10 points at 5,716. In local ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
The share market is set for a tenth straight day of gains as rebounding oil prices lift energy and mining stocks. The market is more than 1.2 per cent higher at noon, and a stronger close will mark its longest winning run since mid-2013. BHP Billiton ...

90 West Global Natural Resources awarded two ratings

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... opportunities. The fund augments a global equity portfolio with a specialist exposure to global mining, energy and agriculture stocks making up nearly 21% of global share market capitalisation." The fund seeks to outperform the S&P Global Natural Resources ...