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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... Yesterday, the sharemarket gave back early gains, dragged down by weaker banking stocks to close lower despite a positive night on Wall Street. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 33 points, or 0.58 per cent, to 5668.4 and the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market was higher at noon, driven by gains in local resource stocks on the back of a positive night on Wall St. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 7.5 points, or 0.13 per cent, to 5708.9 and the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher on the back of a positive finish on Wall Street last Friday night. At 0819 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was up 60 points to 5,755 on a volume of 1,668 contracts. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... cautious at the moment. "It's a quiet day. The commodity stocks are having a breather after the falls in commodity prices last night," Mr McPherson said. BHP Billiton shed ten cents, or 0.24 per cent, to $42.17 and Rio Tinto dropped $1.58, or 1.16 per ...

CPI, housing affordability and oil bills

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
Yesterday's CPI spike just made fighting inflation and housing affordability that little bit harder but at least it will help the country pay for its oil import bill. Inflation rising 4.2 per cent, above what most market economists were expecting, is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... closed in negative territory, but energy companies bucked the trend after global oil prices reached fresh highs on Wednesday night. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 73.8 points, or 1.34 per cent, lower at 5,446.4, while the broader All Ordinaries dipped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... at 24,578.76. WELLINGTON - The local share market started the week in modestly positive form, shrugging off a flat Friday night on Wall Street. The NZSX-50 benchmark index closed up 0.3 per cent or 13.25 points to 3644.48. Rises outpaced falls by 67 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
The Australian stock market was marginally higher at noon, with gains from the big resource stocks offsetting falls in the banking sector. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 20 points higher at 5628.9, while the broader All Ordinaries gained ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... about the sub-prime situation in the US." The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 293.00 points, or 2.36 per cent, last night to 12,099.66. Gold experienced its biggest one-day drop in nearly two years and oil posted its worst slide in seven months. ...

Central banks try again to lift liquidity

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... and that has magnified the risk spreads paid by banks on their debts, with the increased costs pushed onto borrowers. Last night's innovation is the decision by the US Fed to undertake a series of weekly auctions with primary dealers under which the ...