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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
The Australian stock market looks set to open weaker after a negative finish on overseas markets. At 0757 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was 63 points lower at 4,898 points, with 4,654 contracts traded. In economics news ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
The Australian share market has opened firmer after markets in the United States pushed to new highs. On Wall Street overnight, investors were buoyed by a government report pointing to lower-than-expected jobless claims. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
The Australian stock market looks set to open firmer after Wall Street posted fresh highs during offshore trading. At 0824 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was 11 points higher at 5,022 points, with 3,792 contracts traded. ...

ASIC targets SMSF confidence tricksters

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) will target 'unscrupulous' advisers trying to make quick money out of the fast-growing self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) industry. Addressing a packed room at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... LONDON - Europe's main stock markets closed with strong gains on Wednesday, boosted by Wall Street where the Dow continued its push into record territory. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies gained 1.17 per cent to finish at 6,387.37 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... number and a better than expected earnings report from Alcoa in the US has given basic resource stocks a lift today, helping push the London market higher however broader European markets have struggled for traction, with the DAX in particular underperforming," ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open stronger after gains on Wall Street. At 0646 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was 18 points higher at 4,929 points, with 3,091 contracts traded. In economic news on Tuesday, the NAB ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
Australian shares have opened slightly higher, buoyed by resource stocks. IG Markets Stan Shamu said resource stocks were benefiting from a rise in commodity prices following disappointing US employment data, which had pushed the US dollar lower. "The ...

Low balance members hit with fees under super changes

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
Extra administration costs borne out of the federal government's proposed superannuation changes could be passed onto all superannuation fund members, even those with small balances, according to Deloitte. The government has said that the proposed loss ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... strategist at DA Davidson & Co. "This piece of economic data adds some uncertainty regarding an economic surge needed near-term to push stock prices meaningfully higher." LONDON - European equity markets have nosedived after data showing US job growth ...