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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after Wall Street shares rallied after the Federal Reserve announced its plan to buy $US1 trillion ($A1.51 trillion) of bonds in a bid to pull the US economy out of a severe recession. At 0647 AEDT ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
The Australian stock market opened higher after gains from the financials following a positive lead from Wall Street overnight. At 1010 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 27.7 points higher at 3482.6, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 23.7 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after Wall Street shares rallied on Tuesday following a surprise jump in US housing starts. Gold, silver and copper prices were weaker, while oil was higher. At 0741 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open flat after receiving mixed leads from overseas. Wall Street broke a four-day advance on Monday as a rally in financial stocks fizzled and dragged the market lower. Gold and silver prices were weaker, while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases figures on lending finance for January. On Friday, the Australian stock market closed more than three per cent stronger after financial stocks drove the biggest one day percentage gain in over three months. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
The Australian stock market was more than three per cent higher at noon with investors buoyed by signs of a possible levelling-out of the economic downturn in the US. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 105.6 points, or 3.26 per cent ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... Sydney, the Australian Telecommunications Users Group 2009 Annual Conference will be held. On Thursday, the Australian stock market closed slightly lower in mostly flat trading as Australia's unemployment rate hit a four-year high. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
The Australian stock market was flat at noon after a morning of fluctuation. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 1.8 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 3,246.2 while the broader All Ordinaries index had added 0.4 point, or 0.01 per cent, to ...

BT revamps wrap for equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... when the market recovers, and when advisers look to transfer their cash holdings on the BT Wrap platform into the stock market. "We want to be well positioned as the market starts to rebound over time," he said. The roll-out of BT's Equities on Wrap ...

Lift retirement age, lower long term benefits: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... pension systems have been more effected by the financial crisis. "Some of the countries most affected by the recent stock market decline are those where private pensions play an important role in mandatory pension provision," said the IMF in a research ...