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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street recovered early losses to trade in positive territory. At 0810 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 14 points at 5,320. Locally, in economic news on ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains of more than one per cent on Wall Street. At 0645 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 51 points at 5,276. Locally, in economic news on Thursday, the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after solid gains on Wall Street on a strong Nike earnings report and a rally in Apple shares. At 0810 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up nine points at 5,313. Locally ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher after markets in the United States and Europe lifted on Friday. CMC chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the local bourse had made a positive start. "It's quite a positive start given a pretty modest lead ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
Australian stocks are headed for a weaker finish, with investors unwilling to maintain the recent run of rising prices amid a range of headwinds. Worries about Europe's poorly performing economies and whether or not central bank stimulus will be announced ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower, after falls in most commodity prices and a fairly flat finish for Wall Street stocks. At 0654 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was down 18 points at 5,611. Locally, earning ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
Australian shares are lower at noon following the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash in Ukraine. Wall Street retreated sharply off the back of the news overnight. The Dow Jones closed 161.39 points, or 0.94% A lower to 16,976.81 after reaching a record ...

Platinum and Iress named 'laggards' on sustainability

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
Platinum Asset Management Limited and Iress Limited are among just four ASX 200 companies that have failed to report on sustainability risk for the last four years, according to a study by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
The share market has opened lower after the iron ore price dropped to a two-year low and tensions in Iraq hurt overseas markets. Iraq is a key concern among investors, Australian Stock Report senior equity analyst Benny Sada said. "There wasn't a lot ...

Former Future Fund MD joins Qantas Super

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
Industry stalwart Paul Costello has been appointed as a director on the Qantas Super Board. He replaces General Sir Peter Cosgrove, who stepped down from the boards of Qantas and Qantas Super last January to become Australia's Governor-General. Costello ...