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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
The Australian share market has received generally positive leads from overnight trading, with all three key Wall Street indices finishing higher, along with oil and gold. At 0734 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after Wall Street fell more than two per cent overnight. At 0711 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 45 points lower at 4317. In economic news on Tuesday ...

Fear not a rate rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... confidence index rose to 113.4 points in August - the highest in nearly two years. While good news on the economy and the stock market is propelling consumer optimism higher, more confident consumers are, in turn, also creating a positive feedback loop ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after a fall on Wall Street on Friday and weaker commodity prices. At 0749 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 28 points lower at 4397. The August reporting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US stocks gained, despite disappointing news on retail sales and jobs. Higher precious metals and oil prices are expected to lift the local bourse, too. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... momentum in risk assets over the past few months? Valuation? The few remaining bears are now trumpeting that the stock market is overvalued, overbought and that a fall is in the offing - especially as we head into the "ber" months of the year. My calculations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US stocks rose after the Federal Reserve said the economy was stabilising. Higher precious metals and oil prices are expected to lift the local bourse, too. At 0715 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in the red after US stocks fell overnight on a recurrence of investor anxiety about the US economy. Lower oil, silver and copper prices are expected to weigh on the local bourse, too, although gold rose ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received a weak lead from US equities, which dipped on profit-taking after a four-week rally. Lower oil and metals prices are expected to weigh on the local bourse, too. At 0717 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher on Monday, boosted by better than expected US employment data that added to signs that the world's largest economy is pulling out of recession. Silver and copper prices were higher, while gold and ...