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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... 1,194.37 points. The Nasdaq composite was up 17.24 points, or 0.71 per cent, at 2,454.05 points. US bonds also finished stronger. LONDON - Europe's stock markets closed sharply higher on Friday, bouncing back amid speculation that a resolution of the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
The Australian share market was marginally stronger at noon, driven by gains in energy and mining stocks amid heightened takeover activity in the coal sector. At 1205 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.9 points, or 0.14 per cent, at 4,944.8 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... may allow its currency to appreciate. The United States and China's other key trading partners have been pressing for a stronger yuan, saying it is undervalued and gives exporters an unfair advantage. The Chinese currency has been effectively pegged ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... Opes Prime is listed in the Supreme Court, also in Melbourne. In Australia on Tuesday, the share market closed higher on stronger energy and resources sectors, and after the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points ...

Contango clients top up mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... we've seen a gradual reverse of that," he said. "I think the micros and small cap space came out of the financial crisis stronger than people thought. A lot of the capital raising that occurred in the sector was for business growth - so it was a much ...

Kill chicken, scare monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... verdict was that it seemed "very harsh". And even Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Julie Bishop managed only a little stronger, "This would be an issue of great concern to many companies from Australia and also around the world." Stick and stones ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... Australian stock market has received positive leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing higher, metals prices stronger and oil prices firmer. At 0720 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 16 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... strongly. Austock Securities senior client adviser and strategist Michael Heffernan said positive international news and a stronger resources sector were driving the market at around noon. "There's a lot of green everywhere with the Greek situation being ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
The Australian share market is expected to open stronger after gains on Wall Street and with higher precious metal and oil prices. At 0720 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 35 points higher at 4,931 points. ...

Cbus Connect merger heralds investment changes

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... CONNECT chairman Mac Russell said both funds' members and employers will benefit from bigger economies of scale and a stronger market position. Atkin added the funds have had an ongoing dialogue for several years about merging, but it was the CONNECT ...