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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... shares closed up 1.73 per cent at a more than 15-month high amid regional gains, following a strong finish on Wall Street on Friday. The benchmark Hang Seng Index gained 390.35 points to 22,943.98, its highest since July last year. WELLINGTON - The New ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... Billiton up," Ms Roadley said. "The energy sector is still performing well, even with the oil price losing a little bit on Friday night," she said. At 1200 AEDT, BHP Billiton was trading up 55 cents at $39.56, while rival Rio Tinto had risen $1.39 to ...

Mickey money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... Disney, with a little help from its friends - JC Penney and Abercrombie & Fitch Co -brightened Wall Street's sombre mood last Friday by announcing better-than-expected earnings. Thanks to Disney and its friends, Wall Street quickly dismissed reports ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
Australian shares are expected to open higher on Monday after US stocks gained on Friday on encouraging earnings news from major retailers and on higher metals prices. At 0737 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was down 33 points at 4,729. In economics news on Friday, the Australian Office of Financial Management is to conduct a tender of $700 million of June 2014 Commonwealth Government Treasury ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed down 5.9 points, or 0.2 per cent at 3,161.5. It has gained just 17 points since last Friday. Turnover was worth $NZ69.6 million ($A55.59 million). At 0810 AEDT on Wednesday, the NZSX-50 had risen 7.9 points, or 0.2 ...

Opt out, bailed out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... Park, Queensland, Peter Stokes of Mango Hill, Queensland and Ken McDowell of Narre Warren, Victoria were sentenced last Friday in the Brisbane Magistrates Court following an investigation by ASIC. They were each found guilty in the Brisbane Magistrates ...

Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... by speculation that the kind Uncle Sam and Uncle Benny would stop dishing out the goodies. But what happened when last Friday (their time) the US Commerce Department dropped a bomb on Wall Street with a report showing that the country's unemployment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... broad-based rally. This market is strong, and it's a very health state of affairs given it was a fairly tepid result offshore on Friday."

Canadian pensions pounce on Aus toll road firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan approached Transurban with an unsolicited indicative non-binding acquisition proposal on Friday. As a result, Transurban's board and its advisers, Lazard and Mallesons, reviewed the proposal and rejected it on its current ...