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Midday market wrap: Japanese stocks rise, $A stronger

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2003
Japanese stocks rose in morning trade, with the Nikkei index up 0.54 per cent at AEST1225. Meanwhile the Hang Seng recorded no change. The Australian share market remained in positive territory at noon, ignoring the losses on the US market on Friday. ...

ASFA hails new co-contribution super arrangements

Retirement savings for lower income earners could be boosted by as much as 70 per cent, if they take advantage of the new co-contribution arrangements announced by the Government today, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

Australian service industries pick up pace of activity: survey

Australian service industries have picked up the pace of activity, according to an inaugural survey published by the first Australian Industry Group - Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI), which had risen 0.5 points to 55.5 ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries rise 0.45%

The All Ordinaries rose 0.45 per cent value in trading at close this afternoon as the ABS said that the housing price index has surged by 5.1% for the June quarter and the service industries has picked up the pace of activity, as revealed in a survey ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries up slightly

The All Ordinaries closed trading this afternoon 11.8 points higher or about a third of one per cent, similar to the gains made in the Hang Seng index. Japan's Nikkei index continued its positive surge by climbing about 0.186% in value. Meanwhile Australia's ...

Afternoon market wrap: All ordinaries gain some ground

The All Ordinaries gained some territory by close of the day's trading, edging higher by almost a third of a percent. This follows the positive results in the Nasdaq and Dow Jones indices. The Hong Kong's Hang Seng index on the other hand lost close ...

Westpac leading indicator strengthens in June

Australian economic growth is poised to recover strongly in the first half of 2004, according to Bill Evans, Westpac's Chief Economist. Mr Evans was commenting on the release of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index, which strengthened to 5.5% ...

Australian manufacturing up 1.1 points in July: Ai Group/PwC survey

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2003
Activity in Australia's manufacturing sector rose marginally in July, driven by a strong contribution from the motoring industry, a new survey has found. The Performance of Manufacturing Index, compiled by the Australian Industry (Ai) Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares follow US markets higher

The Australian share market regained lost ground in early trade, following a stronger tone to offshore markets overnight. At midday, the All Ordinaries was up 12.2 points to 3,060.7. US markets bounced back strongly following news Uday and Quesay Hussein ...

Australia's economic growth rate to pick up: Westpac

The latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity has predicted that Australia's economic growth rate is likely to pick up in the first half of 2004. The index shows the likely pace of economic activity for six to nine months ...