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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... KONG - Asian markets were mixed as lingering concerns about the Chinese economy cancelled out a positive lead from Wall Street and bargain hunting. Tokyo was flat, edging up 0.07 per cent, or 6.77 points to 10,018.24, Sydney ended 0.18 per cent, or 7.6 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... Xpress analyst Ben Le Brun said there was little driving the local market on Monday, with a mildly positive lead from Wall Street's Friday session outweighed by other factors. While favouring resources stocks, the rise in the Australian dollar had caused ...

No greed, no fear, no volume

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... provided by the drop in the flash PMI estimates for the Eurozone and China. But in spite of these alleged concerns, Wall Street finished the last trading day of the week as it started - on the up. But the same as it was during the down days, volume was ...

Wobble gobbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... which way to go from here. Continue gobbling (stocks) or start wobbling. You'll get that same feeling when you look at Wall Street's performance over the past four days of this week. It started out good enough with an up Monday, cheered by Apple's dividend ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat after mostly flat trading in Europe and mixed trading on Wall Street after data showed US home sales fell unexpectedly in February and the announcement of the British annual budget. At 0809 AEDT on Thursday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... BHP Billiton fell 64 cents, or 1.81 per cent, to $34.67, while Rio Tinto lost 84 cents, or 1.28 per cent, to $64.77. Wall Street's major indices made modest losses, as concerns over China's slowing growth spilled over from the Asian trading session to ...

No fear no greed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... Review "Investors Should Be Getting Out' of Stocks" -Bloomberg TV These were the Chicken Little headlines that cooked Wall Street's - and most other equity markets' - and commodities' goose over the past 24 hours. Yes Virginia, it seems that we're in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... shed 4.17 points (0.14 per cent) to 3,074.15. All three indices opened lower, but closed off the sessions lows. The Wall Street slump echoed losses in European and Asian equities markets after Australian mining giant BHP Billiton warned Tuesday that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... The Australian share market has opened lower on concerns over a slowdown in China and despite a positive lead from Wall Street. At 1018 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 16.7 points, or 0.39 per cent, at 4,274.1, while the broader ...

Australia's Apple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
Apple today convinced investors to stay. This was the general thrust on the why's and wherefore's of Wall Street's good performance overnight. Apple CEO Tim Cook didn't launch yet another iTech innovation, but his announcement made investors happy all ...