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UK fundies say worst is over

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... are optimistic that the recent bad run in the value of the FTSE may have come to an end - 36 per cent say that the stock market has now past its lowest point, including 15 per cent who said they believe the markets will pick up soon. As a result, UK ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... 1,836.80 and the broad Standard & Poor's 500 index climbed 1.87 points, or 0.20 per cent, to 944.74. LONDON - The London stock market lost ground Tuesday, while share prices in Paris and Frankfurt were little changed overall as investors pulled back ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
Australian shares are are expected to open higher after US stocks gained on Monday. Oil, silver and copper prices were higher, too. At 0706 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 48 points higher at 3,936. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
Australian shares are are expected to open higher after US stocks gained on Friday. Commodities were higher, too. At 0705 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 46 points higher at 3,845. In economic news on Monday ...

Ten years is too short: CBI

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
The UK's pension regulator should investigate the funding plans of companies where deficit repayments will take more than 15 years, rather than the current ten, said a key industry body. According to an "eight point action plan" by UK business industry ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
Australian shares are are expected to open higher after strong gains in US and European stocks after better than expected US consumer confidence data raised hopes of economic recovery. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
Australian shares are are expected to open slightly lower following small losses yesterday. Stock and commodity markets in the US and London were closed overnight for public holidays, meaning there is little direction for local shares. At 0725 AEST ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
Australian shares are likely to fall after another US weekly unemployment claims record raised concerns that the recent rally in equities was too fast. Investor sentiment was also dented by a warning from ratings agency Standard & Poor's that it may ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
The Australian share market may open higher, after European exchanges gained on optimism the global economy is starting to recover while US markets were little changed. At 0742 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... cent, at 3721.6. NEW YORK - Reassuring news about housing and banking on Monday convinced investors to return to the stock market. The Dow Jones industrial average shot up 235 points, its biggest daily point gain in over a month, and made up three-quarters ...