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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
The Australian sharemarket continued to perform well at noon, buoyed by signs of economic recovery in the US and positive reporting results. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 8.7 points at 4,938.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving clear, positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with all three key Wall Street indices substantially higher, as were European and Asian markets. Gold was flat but higher, oil was higher, but silver and copper ...

Trouble not terribly troubling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... teeny weenie (less than half a per cent). This shouldn't happen! Fears that the popular revolt that sent Tunisia's President Ben Ali and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak packing could expand to more countries in Africa and the Middle East are becoming reality. ...

Morningstar signs $35bn research deal with CFS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
Researcher Morningstar Australasia has stolen the march on rival S&P when it secured a research agreement with Colonial First State, providing managed fund research and other services to planning groups with a combined $35 billion of funds under advice. ...

Telstra Super upgrades insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
Telstra Super continues to upgrade its insurance offerings with the most latest improvement designed to benefit members in same-sex relationships. The improvements are part of the fund increasing its level of insurance cover upon the occurrence of a ...

Westpac Online launches intl CFDs

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
Westpac Online Investing adds international Contracts for Difference (CFDs) to its product suite. Available from this week, Westpac Online investors will have access to CFD coverage across nine international markets that include international shares ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
The Australian sharemarket had fallen slightly at noon as punters cashed in on company earning results reported earlier in the session. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 4.5 points at 4,926.5, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
All this talk about prices heating up is melting financial market optimism. Investors have every right to be worried if, indeed, the cost of goods and services continue to head north. Last night's report that UK inflation jumped to 4.0 per cent - double ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street's key indices all clearly lower, along with oil, although precious metals were higher. On the ASX 24 at 0714 AEDT, the March share price index futures ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
The Australian share market was slightly lower at open with positive leads in the banking and mining sectors following a flat performance on Wall Street overnight. At 1024 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.2 points at 4,933.6, while the ...