Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 131 - 140 of 155 results for "Market Index"

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after a stronger close on Wall Street, where the Dow Jones a record closing high. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0717 AEST, the December share price index contract was up 13 points at 5,358. Today ...

More countries sign up for REITs

... buying the property assets themselves. In the 10 years to September 2006, the S&P/Citigroup World Property Broad Market Index has returned 12 per cent, beating the MCSI World Index which returned a lower 8.3 per cent over the same period. Over one year ...

Big gaps in performance between managers

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
... overweight position for some in Telstra, whose share price dived 27.0 per cent over the year. International share funds market index benchmark was up 19.88 per cent over the year, with Aberdeen Wholesale International Equity fund returning 34.16 per ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as a softer US market, as well as weakness in commodities on Friday, suggest an early negative lead for the domestic bourse. However, with expectations of an agreement on uranium sales to China ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as a solid lead from US stocks, firmer commodity prices and the potential for bargain hunting are expected to combine to drive the local bourse higher. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly firmer, although there could be a retraction following yesterday's surge. Firmer oil prices and precious metals will provide support for the local bourse, although some weakness in the US Dow ...

Marketwrap

The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as a poor lead in the US is expected to flow through to domestic markets, despite another strong performance by commodity prices overnight. With the start of December, trade volumes will start to ...

Asia-Pacific clear leader in September: S&P

... across the developed world regions, with Asia-Pacific once again dominating the discrete cap-ranges. In the Emerging Market Index, Asia Pacific, Europe and North America posted gains of 7.18 per cent, 2.05 per cent and 1.17 per cent respective, while ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2005
... Nasdaq, the day's percentage drop was the biggest decline since April 15. The slide in the S&P 500 pushed the broad market index back into negative territory for the year. LONDON - British shares sharply, hit by concerns over inflation in the United ...

Risk-return numbers fail to tell the story

... after costs. The group claims this will be the case because on aggregate investment managers can only achieve the market index performance before fees. Other findings were that the ratios were inconsistent and moved from good to bad and back across periods ...