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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... as low as 9,378.23 on what some in the market said was selling linked to the settlement of Nikkei futures and options on Friday. The Nikkei managed to eke out a close above a key support line just under 9,400 after dipping briefly below it in midafternoon ...

AXA clarifies possible Wealth.net sale

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... selling the North Wealth.net platform, not the North products and the guarantee attached to these. AXA Research said last Friday's announcement by NAB has "understandably prompted a number of queries from advisers". "The first important distinction to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... composite index closed down 45.27 points, or 2.04 per cent, at 2,173.9 points. Monday's drop was a smaller-scale repeat of Friday's as traders again dumped stocks in the final hour. With only a sprinkling of economic and corporate news to go on, traders ...

AXA and Wealth.net split poses planner risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... reason for using it, but 40 per cent also say it's because of its insurance offering." NAB announced in a statement last Friday that it is continuing to pursue its options regarding the ACCC's decision to block the bank's proposed acquisition of the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... Australian stock market is set for a big fall at the open, after Wall Street slumped more than three per cent overnight on Friday, and the price of benchmark commodities contracts such as oil, silver and copper closed weaker. At 0725 AEST on the Sydney ...

Van Eyk maintains name after founder sells stake

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... 25 per cent stake was sold to New Zealand-based Pyne Gould Corporation last month. Stephen van Eyk's stake was sold last Friday to PGC, through a private equity vehicle called Torchlight Fund Number 2. Thomas said there are currently no plans for a name ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... lower at 4,447, on volume of 16,337 contracts. Weaker metals prices saw major resources stocks sold off from the open on Friday, while most other sectors posted modest falls. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said volumes were low as investors ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... questions, I leave you with a statement made by President Obama just yesterday, "We expect to see strong jobs growth in Friday's report. This economy is getting stronger by the day." "Yes we can!"

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was down six points at 4,480. In economic news on Friday, the Australian Office of Financial Management conducts an auction of $700 million in April 15, 2015, Treasury bonds. In ...

Silver lining

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... could spark another sell-off tomorrow should another negative reading eventuates - but have you heard what markets expect Friday's US non-farm payrolls report to show? Financial markets expect the US employment report to show that 510,000 jobs were created ...