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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... its affordability report for the March quarter. In companies news, GrainCorp Ltd releases interim results. In Sydney on Friday, the Australian share market finished firmer led by the major miners and rebound in cyclical stocks and stronger offshore markets. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... Exchange, the June share price index contract was eleven points higher at 3,747. Companies holding annual general meetings on Friday include Pacifica Group Ltd, STW Communications Group Ltd, Pacrim Energy Ltd and Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Group. ...

What-if scenarios bring Budget blues

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... be," he said, citing what-if budget scenarios to the audience at the Guardian Financial Planning conference in Darwin last Friday. Hugh Elvy, head of financial planning and superannuation at ICAA, said that rather than drastic changes, what the Government ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... decreased 61 cents, or 1.73 per cent, to $34.70, while rival Rio Tinto fell $2.57, or 3.59 per cent, to $69.03. In the US on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 164.8 points, or 1.96 per cent, to 8,574.65. The Nasdaq composite rose 22.76 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... holds a briefing on "Uranium Mining and Nuclear Power: A Brave New World?" featuring WA Minister for Mines Norman Moore. On Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up three points, or 0.08 per cent, at 3,941.7, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... lower than feared previously. He said there had been profit-taking in morning trade, and this was expected to continue on Friday afternoon. "The banks are stopping the market from going any lower," Mr Taylor said. The "big four" banks largely were stronger ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... 0808 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was down 21 points at 3,892. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its quarterly statement on monetary policy. The Australian Office of Financial Management ...

De-stressing the stress test

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... much, much better than market expectations for a 645,000 reduction. The official US employment report will be released on Friday (US time). Markets expect the report to show non-farm jobs shrank by another 603,000 in April. There is likely to be a welcome ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... per cent, to $33.52 and rival Rio Tinto gained $3.32, or 5.17 per cent, to $67.50. Wall Street stocks closed higher on Friday as investors digested mixed economic data and braced for the results of upcoming "stress tests" on the US banking system. The ...

Pearce calls for trauma in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... the insurance does not conform to the release requirements of the SIS Act. Speaking at the Lifewise launch in Sydney on Friday, Pearce said it is time to consider including trauma in superannuation. "Trauma benefits are generally used to pay medical ...