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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... as investors are inspired by China's economic growth. Positive economic data out of China, strong Australian consumer sentiment and the likelihood of a non-violent outcome in Syria all contributed to a fourth straight day of gains. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... of Statistics (ABS) releases lending finance data for July, while the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is also due out. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Tuesday approached its highest point for the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... Statistics will release the wage price index for June quarter while the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is also due out. In equities news, Commonwealth Bank, Southern Cross Austereo, CSL, Carsales.com, Goodman Fielder, WorleyParsons ...

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... contingent the success of the RBA's monetary policy accommodation and the weaker A$ in reviving business and consumer sentiment and business activity, in general. And then of course, there is the small issue of politics and policy changes - the latest ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... are higher, with mining giants and mid-sized financial companies leading the gains. A better than expected consumer sentiment reading also gave the market a small boost. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said rising commodity prices ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... Future Project hosted by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is due out. In equities news, Nufarm chairman Donald McGauchie is scheduled to speak at an American Chamber of Commerce ...

Super charter should be enshrined in legislation: AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... workforce. It also stressed the need for the Council of Superannuation Trustees to have public hearings to gauge consumer sentiment. The submission addressed the four values highlighted in the discussion paper - certainty, fairness, sustainability, and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... to 3,423.56. A flat reading on US industrial production last month, a decline in the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index, and a modest gain in May producer prices clouded trade. The fresh data pointed to the Federal Open Market Committee ...

The sky is falling downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... recession. Perhaps NAB would get it right this time. All the signs are there - weak business confidence, weak consumer sentiment, weak everything related to growth...including weak commodity prices and weakening China. And the more these 'experts' play ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases lending finance for April, while the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is due out. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed higher as cautious investors ...