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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
The Australian stock market has received a positive lead from offshore trading, after Wall Street closed higher and commodities prices settled firmer. At 0807 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was up 34 points at 4,543 points, on ...

European authorities will blink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... hands. It's got the whole world in its hands. There's some semblance of relative calm on financial markets overnight. Wall Street reversed early losses and closed higher. European stocks still ended in the red but on lower negatives than when their opening ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
The Australian stock market has received a mostly positive lead from offshore trading, after Wall Street closed higher and gold, silver and oil prices settled firmer. But copper and prices finished lower. At 0800 AEST, the September share price index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
The Australian stock market has received a mostly positive lead from weekend offshore trading, after Wall Street closed higher and gold and silver prices settled firmer. But copper and oil prices finished lower. At 0739 AEST, the September share price ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... at 1032 AEST was 596.9 million securities worth $682.8 million, with 402 stocks up, 262 down and 305 unchanged. On Wall Street overnight, better-than-expected reports on home building and jobs pushed two of the three major US stock indexes higher. The ...

Back to cactus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... interpretation, fresh ones out overnight cannot - in any way - be lost in translation. It's therefore not surprising to see Wall Street drop big time. The Dow ended down by 1.5 per cent, The S&P 500 slipped by 1.7 per cent and the Nasdaq nudged down ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... Paris the CAC 40 lost 1.49 per cent to 3,806.85 points. TOKYO - Asian stock markets were mostly lower despite gains on Wall Street and positive US data but Tokyo remained buoyant thanks to bullishness on Tokyo Electric Power. Optimism from figures suggesting ...

Making the data fit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
Not that I'm complaining -- but what just happened to Wall Street last night? As far as I'm concerned, the latest economic releases were the stuff sell-offs are made of but nay, nein, nyet - they stamped a buy on equities and commodities. Asia, Europe ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
The Australian market is expected to open higher today, after Wall Street securities and commodities markets lifted overnight. At 0643 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was up 15 points at 4,601. In economics news on Wednesday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... The mining sector was down 1.33 per cent, while materials stocks were 1.25 per cent lower, according to IRESS data. Wall Street finished flat on Monday night (AEST), after falling sharply during Friday night's (AEST) session. Meanwhile, futures contract ...