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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
Australian shares were slightly higher at noon, after the local market bounced back in response to a better than expected day of trading on Wall Street. At 1200 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 5.5 points, or 0.13 per cent, at ...

Fearing the unknown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
Phew! For a while there, I thought we were all toast as we sat on the front seats of another twist in the plot of the ever-evolving European tragedy. Equity markets around the world copped a thrashing - a eurothrashing - as elections in France and Greece ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street closed mixed and European stocks finished higher with bourses settling and showing little impact of the elections in France and Greece. At 0805 AEST on Tuesday, the June share ...

Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
US Payrolls. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Yes Virginia, the greatly speculated, the much awaited, the indicator that'll set the tone in the financial markets over the next four weeks, that mother of all eco stats -- the US Non-farm Payrolls ...

Instant replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
Instant replay. What we've seen last week seemed to be a replay of the general theme that has been playing at computer screens near us for some time now. There's the ever-simmering European sovereign debt crisis that creates tension in the financial ...

There's the good news and there's the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
So where have all gloom and doomers gone? Yes them - the worrywarts who sent the S&P 500 index tumbling down by as much as 4.2% earlier this month. Where the bloody hell are they now? They should be jumping with joy and wringing their hands with the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
The Australian share market has opened only slightly lower, despite steep falls on Wall Street and losses on European markets. At 1018 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 1.6 points, or 0.04 per cent, at 4,350.6 points, while the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on major international markets on the back of disappointing April PMI data for China and the eurozone and as some US earnings results missed expectations. At 0755 AEST on Tuesday, the June ...

Dickens on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring ...

It's all in the spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
Pausing for a jump or poised for a dive? At this point, the subject is very much subject to market interpretation. Wall Street's behaviour - and the rest of 'em major equity markets - over the past few days suggests that it's a 50/50 proposition. Said ...