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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
... 6291.2, while the all ordinaries lost 49.4 points to 6297.3. NEW YORK - The Dow industrials rose to a record high close on Tuesday, as signs of stabilising inflation raised the prospect of lower interest rates, boosting the outlook for business investment. ...

Budget reply: National clearing house, halve the OS withholding tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
The real Budget presented by Treasurer Peter Costello on Tuesday night largely ignored superannuation and investment, but the make-believe Budget Reply announced by Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd last night had us front and centre. In a speech that started ...

A merger made in heaven

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... the world's largest financial data provider. Details of the planned 8.8 billion (A$21 billion) merger were nutted out on Tuesday this week. The proposal would see Reuters, which began transmitting stock market data between London and Paris in 1851, being ...

Starved infrastructure will bite into growth

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... was wondering if Rudd had anywhere to go in his Budget Reply following Treasurer Peter Costello's premier performance on Tuesday, the Opposition Leader showed he still has a couple of tricks tucked up his sleeve. His proposed reforms to business regulations ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... points at 6145.8, while the all ordinaries index dropped 18.1 points to 6140.2. NEW YORK - US stocks closed higher on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrials setting another record high after news of unexpected growth in manufacturing and a surprise ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... 0.49 per cent. TOKYO - All Japanese financial markets were closed today for a public holiday. The markets will reopen on Tuesday, May 1, but will be closed again on Thursday and Friday, May 3-4, for Golden Week holidays. On Friday the Nikkei average ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... releases third quarter results. The Australian stock market was closed yesterday for the Anzac Day public holiday. On Tuesday, the market closed in the red despite a boost from a positive consumer price index. At Tuesday's close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Surging dollar prompts mixed views on fall-out

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2007
... against the US dollar, the Australian dollar, climbing steadily since early March, has reached a 17-year peak overnight on Tuesday of $0.8365. Although cyclicals such as resources, materials and energy come out winners, defensive sectors such as healthcare ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
... bourse around. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 closed 6.8 points higher at 6,158.2, up from the previous closing high of 6,153 on Tuesday. The all ordinaries also added 6.7 points to a new record of 6,142.8, up from 6,136.1. NEW YORK - US stocks rose overnight ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
... supporting the Dow and S&P indices. Crude oil prices resumed their climb and helped lift energy companies' shares following Tuesday's rout in oil futures, with Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp boosting the Standard & Poor's 500 index. The Dow Jones ...