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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after Wall Street's main index breached the 10,000 point mark on better-than-expected corporate earnings reports. At 0725 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

Our fearful trip is done

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... poem after US President Abraham Lincoln's assassination on 14 April 1865. Nearly one and half century later, RBA Governor Glen Stevens could have used the same words when he and his Board decided to go back to normality. Setting off to set Australia's ...

Vote of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
... higher. Who else would you have expected to trigger all this but the moneyman himself, Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glen Stevens. In his testimony before the Australian Parliament, Stevens said, "In the case of monetary policy, the bank has already ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US stocks gained, despite disappointing news on retail sales and jobs. Higher precious metals and oil prices are expected to lift the local bourse, too. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
Australian shares are expected to open lower after a weak lead from Wall Street and a broad-based commodities retreat. At 0733 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 48 points lower at 3,975. In economic news on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained on better homebuilder sentiment and positive comments about banks from analysts. Oil and industrial metals also gained overnight, suggesting energy and mining stocks will ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner reassured investors about bank balance sheets. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 35 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after US stocks slumped on concerns about the level of bad loans held by banks following Bank of America's earnings report. Gold miners may gain after the precious metal advanced on Monday while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open little changed following the pullback in US stocks after Monday's surge. Resource stocks may decline after metals prices fell. At 0728 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was ...

Thank you RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
The RBA giveth and the RBA giveth again. Who would have thought that after two weeks of bad economic news here and abroad, the Reserve Bank of Australia would still have the nerve to say, 'she'll be right mate.' For this is exactly what the Australian ...