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Afternoon market report: Trade thins as Melbourne Cup takes precedence

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2003
The Melbourne Cup took centre stage as afternoon trade on the Australian share market slowed to a dribble, although the broader market indexes still managed to end the day in positive territory. "The market was a lot stronger earlier in the day when ...

Midday market report: Shares surge higher on US data

The Australian stock market opened higher today following a surge by stocks on Wall Street overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 16.6 points higher at 3273.1 in early trade while the all ordinaries index had leapt 20.0 points to 3273.1. Overnight ...

RBA may crack the whip on rates today

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2003
The Reserve Bank board may use Melbourne Cup day to crack the whip on interest rates. The central bank board meets today, with new figures suggesting a consumer-led retail spending spree is continuing, putting pressure on the bank to lift rates. New ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar sinks below $US0.7000

The Australian dollar sank below $US0.7000 overnight as the United States dollar swept to strength on the back of a resurgent US manufacturing sector. The Australian dollar slumped by nearly a full US cent in New York following manufacturing data at ...

RBA likely to keep interest rates on hold till early 2004: ICAP

Michael Thomas, senior economist at ICAP, has said that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will keep interest rates on a holding pattern till early 2004 and are unlikely to be concerned by inflationary pressures, saying that they are well within control. ...

ANZ job ads up 1.4%

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
Australian newspaper job advertisements rose for the sixth consecutive month in October, the longest stretch of gains in four years, a survey found. ANZ job ads rose 1.4 per cent, continuing the upward trend since May and indicating further employment ...

Morning Market Wrap: Caution ahead of data releases

The Australian share market is likely to post cautious gains, after an upbeat lead from Wall St at the weekend. A swag of local economic data due out today should also give some direction to investors. National retail sales figures for September, and ...

Morning market Wrap: US Fed Reserve holds rates steady

US stocks held onto their earlier gains on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve voted to keep interest rates steady at 45-year lows, as expected. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 64 points to 9672, after briefly rising more than 80 points from Monday's ...

Morning Market Wrap: Exporter demand drives up dollar

The Australian dollar opened stronger across the board today, edging well above the $US0.7000 level after gaining ground from exporter demand, an analyst said. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7046/51 compared with yesterday's ...

IOOF appoints new head of retail funds management

IOOF has made a key strategic appointment in the lead-up to the Group's planned listing, by announcement a new general manager for retail funds management, Jarrod Brown. Mr Brown who joins IOOF from ING where he was head of funds management distribution ...