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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... economists expecting a rise of 25 basis points to a cash rate of 6.50 per cent. In other news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release its ABS Housing Finance data for June, together with its House Price Indices for the June quarter. A number ...

Income does not drive wealth: ABS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
New figures just released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) confirm that people with the highest incomes are not the ones with the most wealth. According to the latest ABS survey of household income and its distribution, while Darwin households ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
... 1.43 per cent, to 2,546.27. For July, the Nasdaq was down 2.2 per cent. In economic news today, Australian Bureau of Statistics figures showed retail trade at current prices rose 1.4 per cent in June to a seasonally adjusted $19.18 billion from a downwardly ...

Water's potential to float

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
... shortages. Citi says we currently pay 20 per cent below the OECD average water price. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics we spend 0.7 per cent of disposable income on water as opposed to 2.7 per cent on gas and electricity, 3.6 per cent ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
... index was down 35 points to 6,088 on a volume of 4,050 contracts. On the local economic front, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release international trade in goods and services data for June, as well as retail trade figures for June and the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
... expected today, the Reserve Bank of Australia is due to release financial aggregates for June and the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release building approvals figures, also for June. In equities, OneSteel Ltd chief financial officer Tony Reeves ...

CFDs move from off-market to exchange

... promptly and anonymously on the exchange, eliminating market impact costs and risks of artificial markets." According to statistics compiled by the group, the number of CFD traders in Australia has doubled to 31,000 over the last 12 months with record ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
... Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was down 64 points to 6351. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the Consumer Price Index for the June quarter and, for the first time, its data will include the Reserve Bank of ...

Economic balancing act

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
Producer price index (PPI) data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday show an increase in producer prices of 1.0 per cent in the June quarter, slightly higher than the median forecast of 0.8 per cent and giving an annual increase ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
... Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was down 42 points to 6383. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases producer price indices for the June quarter. In equities, Southern Cross Airports Corporation Holdings posts its ...