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Midday Market Wrap: Dollar, bonds weaker at noon

The Australian dollar remained weaker at noon, but was off its morning lows, after the US currency rose on news overnight that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had been captured. At 1200 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7389/92 compared ...

MMC Contrarian makes sluggish debuts on the ASX

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2003
MMC Contrarian Ltd had a sluggish debut on the Australian Stock Exchange yesterday, but the investment company remains optimistic. The shares failed to trade at their $1.00 issue price and ended the day at 92 cents after hitting an intraday high of ...

Suncorp welcomes credit ratings upgrade from S&P

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2003
Queensland-based bank Suncorp Metway Ltd today welcomed an upgrade to its credit ratings as proof it had built a solid platform for the future. Standard & Poor's Ratings Services announced it had revised Suncorp's long-term rating to A from A-minus ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar firms in early Asian trade

The Australian dollar opened stronger today, firming in early Asian trade after falling alongside the euro overnight. At 0700 AEDT the local unit was trading at $US0.7392/97 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7363/73. The Australian dollar fell to ...

S&P affirms A minus ratings on MBF Australia, outlook stable

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2003
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that it has affirmed its A-minus long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on MBF Australia Ltd. The outlook is stable. S&P said the ratings affirmation follows the announcement ...

Economists expect a small rise in employment in November

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2003
Economists expect a small rise in jobs in November to have kept Australia's unemployment rate very close to the near 14-year lows it hit in October. Last month a surprise rise of 69,200 jobs pushed the unemployment rate to 5.6 per cent from 5.8 per ...

Afternoon market wrap: shares dip lower

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2003
The Australian stock market dipped late in the session and ended lower today, after being buoyed by positive economic news and outlook from Treasurer Peter Costello and Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Ian Macfarlane. Major banking were mixed ...

Midday market wrap: shares edge higher

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2003
The Australian stock market opened in positive territory today as banks and major resource stock edge higher in response to positive economic outlook. By 1010 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 11.8 points to 3241.6 while the all ordinaries ...

ICAP economists say interest rate hike is unwarranted

ICAP economists have said that the current strength of GDP growth does not fully warrant an interest rate hike by the RBA, saying that the GDP has grown well below trend by just 2.6 per cent over the past year. They said the non-farm inventories (contributing ...

CommSec launches company stress test for investors

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2003
Trading house Commonwealth Securities has launched a new company stress test which allows sophisticated and mum and dad investors to assess the real financial health of a company. The Financial Stress Indicator (FSI) was devised by CommSec's quantitative ...