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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... BHP Billiton Ltd's decision to abandon its multi-billion-dollar hostile tilt for rival Rio Tinto Ltd. In other news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases data on construction work done in the September quarter. The Federal Department ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was down 165 points at 3,379. In news this Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its November bulletin. In equities, SP AusNet Ltd is due to release interim results. ...

ASIC lifts shorting ban on non-financials

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is lifting its short selling ban on non-financial securities from Wednesday next week. This decision follows an extension of the ban last month. This announcement does not affect the ban on covered ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... pummeled stocks earlier in the week. Wal-Mart Stores Inc trimmed expectations for full-year earnings. And Intel Corp late Wednesday cut more than $US1 billion from its sales forecast, providing more evidence that few industries are safe from a clampdown ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... composite index stumbled 59.61, or 3.77 per cent, to 1,521.29. LONDON - European stock markets suffered sharp falls on Wednesday, with the London FTSE 100 index of leading shares shedding 64.67 points, or 1.52 per cent, to close at 4,182.02 points. FRANKFURT ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... Industrial Average plummeted 443.48 points, or 4.85 per cent, to settle at 8,695.79, nearly matching a 486-point slide on Wednesday. The Nasdaq slumped 72.94 points, or 4.34 per cent, to 1,608.70 and the Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 47.89 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). The Australian share market closed almost three per cent higher on Wednesday after a surge in commodity prices overnight caused strong gains in resources stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... Ltd, Tabcorp Holdings Ltd, Amcor Ltd, Transfield Services Ltd and GUD Holdings Ltd hold annual general meetings. On Wednesday, Australian stocks fell again following a weak Wall Street lead and the falling Australian dollar. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... traders are also responding to the market's own dynamics, and when there was no late-session plunge, as there was on Wednesday, buyers piled in before the close. Analysts expect this extraordinary volatility to continue, and warned that just as Monday's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... cent, to 1,628.33. LONDON - Leading European stock markets plunged six per cent to seven per cent at the close of trade Wednesday on mounting fears of recession in Europe and the United States. The London FTSE 100 index of leading shares shed 314.6 points ...