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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... said it was an encouraging sign the local market was up 0.2 per cent in early trade despite an indifferent lead from Wall Street. Mr Smith said there were signs the US economy was starting to pick up, adding that he believed suggestions of a slowdown ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher, despite a mixed lead from Wall Street as investors weigh better-than-expected US retail sales numbers, a sharp slowdown in New York manufacturing and renewed eurozone debt tensions. At 0750 AEST on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
The Australian share market was half a per cent lower at noon following falls on Wall Street and losses for local resource companies. At 1200 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 23.3 points, or 0.54 per cent, at 4,300, while the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... broader All Ordinaries index added 42.5 points, or 0.97 per cent, to 4,404.2 points. NEW YORK - It was a losing week on Wall Street. Stocks closed lower on Friday and finished the week down after worries about Europe returned. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Best friends forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
Don't you just love it when a plan goes according to plan? Wall Street remained on rebound mode while we were sleeping and so were most equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town. The S&P 500 and the Dow each jumped by 1.4% overnight in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher after stocks on Wall Street posted large gains on a surge in lending in China and a rise in eurozone industrial production. At 0802 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 27 points ...

The Fed, the ECB and the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... just because the "panic" crowd appeared to be, well, panicking. Some would even be kicking themselves as they watch Wall Street and European stock markets bounce back up overnight. Headlines tell us that this was because of Alcoa's better-than-expected ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following Wall Streets lead amid concerns over the upcoming US reporting season, slower growth and the fear of a Spain-driven return to crisis in Europe. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
If there's one thing I regret about last night's financial market activity it's that Wall Street and European bourses did not slide bigger time. It would have been one hell of a buy-op, ey Virginia? Another chance to accumulate more at reduced prices. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... raised concerns about the strength of the economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell one per cent, as Wall Street got its first chance to react to the government's labour data, released when the US markets were closed for Good Friday. The ...