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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... million contract with Fortescue Metals for works on an iron ore mine in Western Australia's Pilbara region. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,782.3 per fine ounce, down $US41.40 from $US1,823.70 on Monday.

Glimmer of hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... pricing and has weeded out all the non-believers. Heck, even European - and Asian - central banks are reportedly stockpiling gold in their coffers when in the late 1990s Europe's central banks were jumping on top of each other trying to unload what they ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... Hi-Fi and News Corp were also among the only stocks trading in positive territory, rising 2.5 and 2.3 per cent respectively. Gold stocks - traditionally a safe haven for investors - also gained, with Australia's biggest miner Newcrest jumping 1.3 per ...

Psychological asset classes run investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
Gold, silver and US Treasury bonds are all psychological asset classes that will eventually burn investors, according to a chief investment strategist. James Swanson, chief investment strategist, MFS Investment Management told Financial Standard that ...

Hastings appoints new chief executive

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
Hastings Funds Management, owned by Westpac, has appointed Andrew Day as its new chief executive. Day will begin his role with Hastings on 17 October 2011 and is an experienced chief executive with a domestic and international track record. He was until ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... share price index (SPI) futures contract rose 69 points to 4,166 points, with 20,246 contracts traded. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,774.6 per ounce, down $US35.93 from Thursday's $US1,810.53, after gold fell two per cent to three-week lows ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... it had ended its release of oil from strategic reserves begun in June owing to a cut in Libyan supplies. PRECIOUS METALS Gold fell two per cent to three-week lows, as increasing efforts to contain the European debt crisis fuelled another volatile session ...

ETF markets August fall

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... years, the $5.2 billion ETF market has contracted with net redemptions of around $70 million for the month of August although gold and silver funds still performed well. Measured in the four weeks ending September 5 this year, the BetaShares Australian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... $3.56. About one out of every two stocks was trading higher, with 385 stocks up, 390 down and 328 steady. The spot price of gold was $1,843.54 per ounce, up $US16.93 from $US1826.61 on Tuesday.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... $2.34 to $68.91. Macquarie Group Ltd was the weakest stock in the top 20. Its shares lost 4.4 per cent, or $1.02, to $21.98. Gold stocks were among the only green spots in a sea of red, with Australia's biggest gold miner Newcrest Mining the only stock ...