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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... economics news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) issues data on retail trade and building approvals in March. The Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) conducts a tender process for the issue of $1 billion of Treasury ...

May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... night's data release added evidence to this. The US Commerce Department reported that factory orders rose by 3 per cent in March - the fifth straight month of increase and better than market expectations for a 2 per cent increase. Shipments gained for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... Performance of Services Index (PSI) for April, the Housing Industry Association (HIA) releases data on new home sales in March, and the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) publishes figures on car sales in April. In companies news, bank reporting ...

Fund managers struggle to beat index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... category was the only one to beat the index as a whole, the ratings house said in its report: Managed Funds Positive in March 2011 Quarter. Despite a disappointing overall performance by large-cap growth managers, the two best performing large-cap funds ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... Association of Realtors reported sales of previously owned homes, the dominant sector of the housing market, rose 3.7 per cent in March. The bond market weakened. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 3.40 per cent from 3.35 per cent late Tuesday ...

Thanks S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... gains in employment. Now, it appears that housing's beginning to stir too. US housing starts advanced by 7.2 per cent in March to an annualised rate of 549,000 units. Expectations were for a rise of only 520K. The outlook looks better too with an annualised ...

Derivatives sky high since SGX fall

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... According to figures released by the ASX, the number of derivatives contracts traded on the exchange climbed to 485,000 in March this year, reaching its highest number to date and well above previous record of 442,000 contracts in June 2007. Similarly ...

Merger gets Japan FSA thumbs up

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... a 29 per cent stake in TOWER since 2008 Previously the oldest insurance mutual in Japan, the company was demutualised in March 2010 and has since begun an expansion campaign across Asia.

China surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... last three months of 2010. But financial markets expect the annual inflation rate to accelerate to around 5.2 per cent in March from 4.9 per cent in February. There won't be much gyration in the financial markets if the numbers come in lineball with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... Lunch in the US at 0300 (AEST). The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) issues data on sales of new motor vehicles in March, and the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) issues $500 million in Treasury notes maturing on July 22, 2011. In ...