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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... intact in a deeply divided Congress, with the House of Representatives controlled by opposition Republicans. PRECIOUS METALS Gold slid on Friday, closing its worst week since June, as profit-taking by investors and a spike in the US dollar outweighed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... afternoon of quiet trading and predicts the share market will hold onto some of its gains and close about 30 points higher. Gold stocks were the biggest movers, with Australia's biggest gold miner Newcrest Mining up 79 cents, or two per cent, to $40.34. ...

Investors look for business activity signals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
Investors able to separate stock price volatility signals from a company's underlying business activity will find the Australian share market a fertile place, said Goldman Sachs yesterday in an upbeat assessment of the local bourse. Dion Hershan, Goldman ...

Advisers ignoring estate planning gold mine

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... advisers I come across who spend an inordinate amount of ineffective time trying to tap into what they perceive as a potential gold mine in other peoples backyard where the entrance is now narrow with no tools for access." "All this time they are sitting ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... cent. Both sectors, which make up a significant part of the market, lost ground following the ABS data. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,837.70 per fine ounce, down $1.05 from Wednesday's local close of $US1,838.75. Newcrest Mining had fallen ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... Tinto was $1.57 higher at $69.98. Downer EDI Ltd was the best performing stock, gaining 15 cents to $3.35. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,873.9 per fine ounce, down $32.73 from Tuesday's local close at $US1,906.63. National turnover was 919.01 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... slid on doubts about reforms to contain new eurozone debt pressures amid street protests, pushing the price of safe-haven gold to a new record. Another safe-haven instrument, the Swiss franc, had also surged and on Tuesday the Swiss central bank sprang ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... default swap (CDS) instruments, rose sharply. The euro fell below $US1.41 during the trading session, while the price of gold jumped back above $US1,900 an ounce on demand for a safe haven investment. The single European currency later recovered to $US1.4109 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... month in a row, suggesting Australia's economy was going through a soft patch. But he said falls in all stocks except for gold were based on a weak US lead after its worst employment report in 11 months was released after the local market closed on Friday. ...

WA adviser receives jail sentence and reparations

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
A Western Australian man has been sentenced to over three years in jail by the Perth District Court, in a case brought by ASIC. A reparation order of $1.7 million was also made. On 26 September 2008, ASIC suspended the Australian financial services ...