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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
Australian stocks opened flat on Monday, with weakness among gold and metals companies offset by a firmer start from the info tech sector. At 1027 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 0.6 points, or 0.01 per cent, at 4,272.5 points, while the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... objectively," Mr Heffernan said. "It's probably a bit of profit taking after a pretty good run." However, he added, a drop in gold prices overnight may have been a dampener. Mr Heffernan said, looking forward, the settings for the local market were very ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... per cent and the NASDAQ climbed 0.08 per cent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.01 per cent. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,766.70 per ounce, down $US7.80 from Monday's local close of $US1,774.50 per ounce. Making news on Tuesday ...

Waiting for the midnight hour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
It's now exactly one hour to midnight in Brussels as I write this and so far all we have is wishing and hoping and praying that all those seated around the negotiating table Yes Virginia, there's still no news out on whether the EU finmins did or didn't ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... opened about 1.2 per cent firmer and had held on to most of those gains through morning trade. The best-performing sector was gold, having risen 2.18 per cent, according to IRESS data. Meanwhile, energy-linked companies were up 1.77 per cent, the materials ...

Perpetual announces institutional appointments

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
A week after Geoff Lloyd took the reins at Perpetual, the group has announced three senior appointments to grow the business' institutional fixed income and multi-sector offer. Sandi Orleow, Jeremy Rolleston and Darren Beesley are the new appointments ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... Escondida copper mine in Chile. BHP was down 29 cents at $36.37, while Rio Tinto was 58 cents weaker at $69.85. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,719.80 per ounce, down $US8.05 from Monday's local close of $US1,727.85 per ounce. Metals and minerals ...

Smart investors buy productive assets: Buffett

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... assets that investors hold in the hope someone else will pay more for them later need to be seen in perspective, such as gold, because while it has short term bubbles, this will not be sustained over the longer term because their valuation is based on ...

BetaShares ETFs receive A rating

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... firm's portfolio management systems, BetaShares said. The ETFs included the BetaShares Euro ETF, British Pound, US Dollar, Gold Bullion, the S&P/ASX 200 Financials Sector ETF and S&P/ASX 200 Resources Sector ETF. The six ETFs manage a total of just over ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
The Australian market opened marginally lower in quite trade on Friday, with gains in the gold and telecoms sectors offset by weakness among metals and minerals, and materials stocks. At 1028 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down seven points ...