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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... DuluxGroup added three cents to $5.63 after announcing a net profit rise of 39.4 per cent in the year to September 30. US stocks set fresh records for the fifth straight session on Tuesday night, but just barely, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... meetings. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed lower as a broad drop in commodity prices weighed on energy and resources stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 6.9 points, or 0.12 per cent, at 5,517.1 points. The broader All Ordinaries ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... on Wall Street has failed to flow through to Australia, as the weakest iron ore prices in five years hits the resource stocks, City Index head of dealing for the Asia Pacific region Biyi Cheng says. "The materials sector is holding down our market at ...

Shanghai-HK Connect connects China to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... announced yesterday the launch of the programme on 17 November. The scheme would allow international investors to buy and sell stocks listed in Shanghai on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and at the same time give mainland investors access to Hong Kong-listed ...

SSgA warns of equity market complacency

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... certain sectors had become expensive in recent years, and that benchmark focused strategies only served to pool investors in stocks most likely to experience a re-rating. "If you look at our market, all the risk is dominated by the banks and the resources. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... cent to 9,291.83, but London's benchmark FTSE 100 index added 0.25 per cent to 6,567.24 points thanks to gains by mining stocks. Madrid slumped 1.32 per cent and Milan shed 0.99 per cent. The markets focused on mixed US jobs data that showed the jobs ...

market wrap PM

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... highs overnight, for the second consecutive session. But the local market's early gains could be short-lived as several stocks, including ANZ and NAB, trade without dividend entitlements on Friday, CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said. "The ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... after Wednesday's solid rally on the back of the bank's surprisingly strong quarterly profit result. The other major bank stocks were up. Westpac gained seven cents to $34.66, ANZ was up five cents to $33.84 and National Australia Bank rose eight cents ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... Sydney. In Australia, the market on Wednesday fell slightly as investor caution weighed on some of the nation's biggest stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 2.0 points, or 0.04 per cent, lower at 5,517.9. The broader All Ordinaries index was down ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... points. The broader All Ordinaries index was up 13.2 points, or 0.24 per cent, at 5,498.2 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have finished mostly lower following lacklustre US economic data and some disappointing earnings reports. At the closing bell ...