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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... while Hong Kong closed 2.01 per cent higher and Shanghai ended the day up 0.37 per cent. The markets took a lead from Wall Street and European bourses, which jumped Friday amid hopes the G20 meeting would result in a plan to battle Europe's fiscal woes ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
The Australian share market was more than 1.5 per cent higher at noon after gains on Wall Street and signs of optimism about a solution to the European debt crisis. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 68.4 points, or 1.63 per cent, to 4,274 and the ...

Sounds like a plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... Europeans are under a "huge amount of pressure" is an understatement. It's now boiling over to Main Street. The "Occupy Wall Street" protests against corporate greed, irresponsible banks, inept governments, income inequality, etcetera, have spilled over ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... soared 2.5 per cent despite a central bank warning of slow growth in the third quarter and a possible credit crunch. Wall Street advanced on strong corporate earnings and news that US retail sales surged at their strongest pace in seven months in September ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... leads from European and US share markets overnight. He said that JP Morgan's earnings, which were released before Wall Street opened, had helped cause financials in almost every major economy to fall heavily. "The commentary that accompanied (the results) ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... international economic news overnight. The local market opened almost one per cent up on Thursday on a strong lead from Wall Street, better-than-expected US company results and news that Slovakia would be the final eurozone country to vote in favour ...

Volcker Rule could slash Wall Street incomes 25%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... should be compensated based on the spread of transactions rather than on trading profit. Equity analysts have told the Wall Street Journal that the Volcker Rules if implemented as proposed are far reaching and could cut broking revenue by as much as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... Jose Manuel Barroso said that European banks "urgently" needed to recapitalise to weather the sovereign debt storm. Wall Street investors also digested the minutes of the last Federal Reserve policy-setting meeting released on Wednesday, which showed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... Slovakia's lawmakers rejected the revamp of the EFSF in a vote that also toppled the country's centre-right government. Wall Street investors also awaited the minutes of the last Federal Reserve policy-setting meeting, slated for release Wednesday. After ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher following good rises on Wall Street overnight. At 0757 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 55 points at 4,252. Locally on Tuesday, no major economic news is expected. ...