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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2004
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as a poor performance in US equity markets overnight, coupled with still weak commodity prices, are likely to continue to weigh on the local bourse. However, a surge in oil prices overnight should ...

Geopolitical and economic concerns dampen managers' optimism: Russell Survey

... Group's Investment Manager outlook survey has reported that investment managers remain largely bullish on the US equity market but are concerned about the strength of the US economy and political events. Net bullish sentiment on the US equity market ...

US hedge funds bearish equity

The appeal of US equity markets to macro hedge funds is in decline, according to the latest data provided by Van Hedge Advisors International released last week. According to the study conducted in the US, 50% of managers surveyed by Van Hedge said ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2004
The Australian stockmarket is expected to open relatively flat in early trade, given little direction by offshore markets. Usually, the Australian bourse continues momentum from either base metal markets in Europe or the US equity markets, but with ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2004
The Australian market will be hit by conflicting forces with weaker US equity markets being pitted against firmer commodity and base metal prices to set the tone for the local market. Australia's indices were weaker yesterday as selling in News Corp ...

Market wrap

US equity markets were mixed overnight, offering little direction for the local sharemarket on Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average closed marginally weaker, down 7.73 points to 10,109.89 while the more broadly-based S&P-500 and the technology ...

Market wrap

The Australian sharemarket has received a strong signal to surge higher on Wednesday after benchmark indices on Wall Street posted the largest percentage gain in almost two months overnight. The Dow Jones industrial average closed 159.19 points or 1.6% ...

Market Wrap

The pressure of rising oil prices forced US equity markets lower overnight, and will likely be reflected in a weak session locally on the Australian sharemarket on Thursday. In early morning trade on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the spot share price ...

Market Wrap

The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in positive territory this morning, following a bounce on US equity markets overnight. All three major US stock indices scambled higher by the close of trade after the US Commerce Department released softer-than-expected ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar remains strong

The Australian dollar remained stronger at noon after hitting a fresh six-year high overnight, after falls in US equity markets and the continuing prospect of conflict in Iraq weakened the US dollar. The local currency reached a new high of $US0.7443 ...