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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight, although weaker metals prices could limit gains from the miners. At 0802 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price Index futures contract was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US stocks rebounded overnight. At 0700 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price Index futures contract was up 28 points at 3,600. In economic news, the Australian Industry ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open weaker, after US and European stocks plunged on a declaration that the US officially is in recession, before the focus at home turns to the next interest rate cut, expected later today. At 0800 AEDT on ...

Four Bad 'Bers'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... -45.7 Dow Jones Stoxx -32.7 -45.0 -46.7 FTSE-100 -24.2 -35.0 -33.3 Shanghai Composite -58.7 -71.0 -61.6 The strong stock market rally on Wall Street at the end of November had given investors fresh hope as American equities closed higher for five trading ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open stronger on Monday after a rally on Wall Street. At 0723 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange the December Share Price Index futures contract was up 15 points at 3,746. In economic news, amongst data released ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Australian markets have received no lead from Wall Street, closed as US markets were for Thanksgiving. At 0746 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, however, the December Share Price Index futures contract was up 32 points at 3,600. In economic news ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
The Australian stock market remained in positive territory at noon, extending the morning's strong trade after a continued gains on Wall St overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 76 points, or 2.15 per cent, at 3616, while the ...

Ho hum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... optimism following the US government's bail out of its once biggest bank - Citigroup. More likely, the Australian stock market was just following the random walk on Wall Street, where the night before the S&P 500 Index surged by 6.5 per cent. Investors ...

UniSuper ramps up Asia corporate governance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... companies in the region. The super fund's increasing allocation into Asia - which represents around 20 per cent of world stock market capitalisation - along with an improvement in voting services in Asia means that investors can now have a greater say ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger after European and US markets rallied on the back of a US government promise to protect banking giant Citigroup and the release of a STG20 billion ($A47.05 billion) economic stimulus package in ...