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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open sharply lower as weakness in global equity markets paints a bleak picture for the domestic bourse. While precious metal and oil prices both made slight gains overnight, weaker equity markets - with European ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly firmer although there is a distinct lack of leads generated from offshore. With US and UK markets closed on MOnday, base metal, oil and precious metal markets were untraded, as were stock markets. ...

MacBank launches commodities only fund

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
Macquarie Bank funds management (MFM) has launched a wholesale commodities fund, giving investors direct access to commodity market performances through local indices. MFM's head of distribution, Bruce Murphy, said the fund will be actively managed ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
Investor anxiety ebbed slightly over the course of last week's financial market trading activity with both volatility and risk aversion easing from heightened levels. Inflation fears kept investors on tenterhooks over the past fortnight amid concern ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street and stronger base metal prices, on the day companies such as Babcock and Brown, Australian Agricultural Company and Colorado Group, hold their annual general ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open strongly as a massive rebound on base metal prices, coupled with further gains in the precious metal and oil markets should ensure a resource-led recovery in the domestic bourse today. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open marginally firmer as a slight rebound in base metals and oil prices and some expected bargain hunting help put a floor under a market which has been pummelled in recent days. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
In SYDNEY, the Australian share market should open weaker today as softer base and precious metal prices, as well as a weak lead from the US markets, suggest a continuation of yesterday's fall. However, given the sharp declines in the local market this ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open sharply weaker as US and European stocks were routed overnight on concerns of higher global interest rates. The Dow Jones fell almost two per cent while UK shares dropped nearly three per cent on inflation concerns ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open slightly firmer as some bargain hunting after recent losses is expected to offset any weakness generated from offshore leads. However, with US stocks remaining weak and global commodity prices broadly unchanged ...