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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
The Australian share market was firmer at noon today as the local bourse shrugged off a weaker offshore lead and found strength in solid reporting results. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 44 points at 4,993.2, while the all ordinaries ...

Daily economic update

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
In its quarterly monetary policy statement last Friday the RBA hinted that further rate increases in the near term were still a possibility because of the buoyancy of the housing market, where it said that conditions had picked up in the first six months ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2006
The share market is expected to open weaker, after a negative lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0741 AEST, the September share price index contract was down 13 points at 4,958. Today the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its monthly ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2006
The share market is expected to open higher, helped by a positive lead from Wall Street and higher commodities prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 28 points at 4,988 at 0749 AEST. The Australian Bureau ...

QIC scores senior analyst

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2006
QIC has announced the appointment of a senior Australian equities research analyst to its global equities division. Stephen Kench will make the move to QIC in September, leaving his current role as a senior analyst in the diversified financial services ...

ME-IFS merger just the end of the beginning: Weaven

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2006
The merger of Members Equity (ME) and Industry Funds Services (IFS) might be the beginning of the end for IFS, but for industry funds it's just the end of the beginning. Garry Weaven, IFS chair and now director of ME, said at a function marking the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2006
The stock market is expected to open lower, following sharp falls on offshore markets overnight amid worries over North Korea's test-firing of missiles. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down 41 points to 5051 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2006
The market is expected to open lower following mixed base and precious metal prices overnight. Holiday-shortened trading on the US share market and the closure of the US mercantile market ahead of the July 4 public holiday will leave the local bourse ...

SRIs beat the index time and time again

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2006
Analysis by AMP Capital Investors shows that Sustainable Responsible Investment (SRI) funds have outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 Index across a range of market conditions over one, three and five years. Senior investment specialist, Angus Dennis, said ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2006
The share market is expected to open higher, on the back of gains in base and precious metals prices on Friday. However, this will be moderated by a weak lead from US markets and concerns linked to the recent global share market volatility. On the Sydney ...