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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a mixed lead from Wall Street and as investors digested news that debt laden Spain had slipped into recession. At 0800 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 12 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... 4,180 points, with 29,098 contracts traded. There were about 11 stocks up for every 10 that had fallen at 1200 AEDT. Wall Street closed higher on Friday night (AEDT) - the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.11 per cent, the S&P500 ended up 0.36 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat, despite a modest gains on Wall Street and in Europe, boosted by Greece's successful bond swap. At 0800 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up three points at 4,219. No major ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... Zealand-born billionaire Richard Chandler had decided against investing in Gunns. Gunns shares last traded at 16 cents. On Wall Street on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average index gained 70.61 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 12,907.94 points on news ...

Greece still matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... performance overnight, after reports that the Greek bond swap would go ahead reached cyberspace. According to the Wall Street Journal, more than 75% of private sector holders of Greek debt have agreed to exchange their old bonds into new bonds with a ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... unemployment rate rose to 5.2 per cent in February, in line with market expectations. Local investors were encouraged by Wall Street's performance overnight, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average firming 0.61 per cent to 12,837.33 points. They'd returned ...

Good memories

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... night. How so, grasshopper? He's been reported to be thinking of other ways to stimulate the economy. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Fed's mulling over a sterilised bond purchase program - printing dollars, buying long-term bonds and borrowing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... gave away 17 cents at $20.39, ANZ sagged 22 cents at $21.87, and Commonwealth Bank slipped 51 cents to $48.07. On Wall Street on Tuesday, stocks registered their biggest losses of the year amid concerns about a looming Greek debt swap and slowing global ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open down more than one per cent following heavy falls on Wall Street overnight with investors nervous of a euro zone recession and Greece's debt-swap deal. At 0645 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... growth forecasts, which were published on Monday afternoon (AEDT), Australian stocks also received a negative lead from Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 0.11 per cent, the S&P500 fell 0.39 per cent and the NASDAQ ended 0.86 per ...