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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... 0.85 per cent on the back of strong gains in Chinese financials after a positive earnings report from the country's biggest bank, but turnover dropped to its second-lowest level this year. The Hang Seng Index ended up 181.04 points at 21,423.82 after ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
The Australian share market was 0.6 per cent stronger at noon as bargain hunters returned to the local resources sector, after Wall St bounced. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had pushed further above the psychological 5,000 point barrier ...

Securitor adds BBV to network

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
St George Bank financial planning dealer group, Securitor, extends its network on the eastern seaboard after Coffs Harbour and Nerang based BBV Wealth Management joined the group. BBV Wealth Management provides advice on superannuation, pension and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher today after the Dow rose on Wall Street overnight. At 0800 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index was up 14 points to 5,014. In equities today, Xenolith Resources Ltd ...

BNY Mellon taps distressed debt

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
Struggling telecommunication companies, bankrupt banks, airports under duress - the sub-prime crisis has increased the number of distressed debt companies, providing more opportunities for the Mellon Recovery Fund. Launched in August 2006, the Mellon ...

S&P place Advance Asian fund 'on hold'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... investment manager, Maple-Brown Abbott, to Lion Global Investors. Lion Global Investors forms part of Singapore's Overseas Chinese Bank Limited, one of the largest asset management companies in South East Asia. Justine Gorman, Standard & Poor's analyst ...

Market Wrap - Midday

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... 0.87 per cent to $18.46, after turning around earlier losses. But Westpac was down one cents to $19.29, National Australia Bank fell 18 cents or to $25.84 and St George was off 14 cents to $25.56. By AEST 1211 BHP had fell $2.34 or 5.46 per cent, to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... September share price index was down 97 points to 4,997. In economic news today, the Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (Australian PSI) for June is released. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
... said banking stocks had recovered from their morning lows as investors took heart from increased confidence that the central bank was unlikely to raise interest rates again this year. "While the market pulling is down a bit because of resources, the ...

Rates on hold thanks to oil prices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
High oil prices is causing inflation to rise to nearly 5 per cent but at least they helped convince the Reserve Bank to not lift interest rates. Yesterday the Reserve held off pushing rates above their 7.25 per cent benchmark level citing slowing domestic ...