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Morning market wrap: Wall Street hit by OPEC cut in supply

Higher energy prices, as OPEC cut back 3.5 per cent of its supply, have adversely-affected Wall Street as the Dow Jones fell 150.53 points or 1.6% of its value. The Nasdaq also fell, by 58.02 points or 3.15% in trading overnight. The FTSE-100 has managed ...

CBA announces a 24% reduction in profits for the year

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has today announced a net profit of after tax of $2.01 billion for the year ended 30 June 2003, a decrease of 24 per cent on the previous financial year. "Net profit from ordinary activities (cash basis) was ...

Morning market wrap: Technicals push US stocks modestly higher

US stocks edged a little higher Friday, with markets bouncing off key support levels after a round of disappointing data on US consumer spending. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 11.8 points (0.1%), eventually ending the day at 9,471.6. The S&P ...

Morningstar upgrades ING's international fixed interest management process

Morningstar has today announced that it had upgraded ING Investment Management Australia's management of international fixed interest from negative to neutral due to new process. The company had a four star Morningstar rating as at 31 July 2003, indicative ...

New identity for AMP Henderson Global Investors

Although it may be prey of the National Australia Bank, the AMP continues to announce more changes. AMP Henderson Global Investors (HGI), the insurer's funds management division, today announced it will be renamed AMP Capital Investors. The change will ...

Midday market wrap: Australian stocks track US gains

The Australian stock market at noon today had made modest gains in the wake of firmer trading in the United States, with most of the major banks, resources stocks and Telstra in positive territory. At 1219 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index rose ...

Midday market wrap: $A strengthens following ABS jobs data

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2003
Stocks on the Australian share market were down by noon today, but trading was healthy as investors saw the market as a safe haven on the anniversary of September 11. By 1203 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 11 points at 3205.4, while ...

Domestic job figures to give new clues to economy

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2003
The latest unemployment figures to be released today will give further clues to the underlying strength of the economy following signs of growing consumer confidence. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute survey found consumer confidence has hit a nine-year ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks end lower on recovery fears

US stocks fell for a second consecutive day, following the airing on Arabic television of new footage of Osama bin Laden. Investors also continue to question the likely strength of the earnings recovery, after news on Friday payrolls fell 92,000 in ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks, dollar lower on recovery concerns

US stock markets pulled back overnight, with mobile phone giant Nokia warning of revenue weakness in the third quarter and as a growing number of investors begin to question the strength of the broader corporate earnings recovery. The Dow Jones industrial ...