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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... points. The broader All Ordinaries index shed 32.4 points, or 0.62 per cent, at 5,156.5 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks jumped after surging US auto sales pointed to robustness in the manufacturing sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
Australian stocks have opened lower as investors respond to an increased possibility the US will launch a military strike on Syria. IG market strategist Chris Weston said news that US House of Representatives speaker John Boehner and majority leader ...

Cbus to divest tobacco holdings as stocks fall from highs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... divest, Cbus has written to fund managers to advise on its new position and strongly encourage a similar approach. Tobacco stocks have been favourites of fund managers globally in the wake of the financial crisis as they provide both an attractive dividend ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... on the economy just as they did over the past 18 months - support "interest-sensitive spending and asset values" (mainly stocks and houses) and increase "demand for finance by households" (mainly for financing purchases of stocks and houses). The All ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower despite a rise in US stocks, although concerns about a possible military strike on Syria cut into Wall Street's early gains. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
Australian stocks have opened slightly higher following positive leads from European markets. CMC chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the market had taken its cue from official figures which showed manufacturing activity expanded in the UK and the ...

30 days hath September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... first trading day of September. What transpired was equity markets jumped on the first trading day of September - European stocks soared closer to 2%, those in Tokyo by 1.4% and in Australia by more than 1%.A Too bad for Wall Street, it was celebrating ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after disappointing consumer spending news helped pull US stocks lower in a quiet end to the market's worst month in more than a year. At 0805 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Deutsche Bank dismisses mining fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... about a Chinese hard-landing impacting demand. "Australia doesn't need Chinese growth to get earnings growth in resources stocks from current commodity price levels but if there are some price rises we could see some real outperformance," he said. However ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... at 5,092.4 points. The broader All Ordinaries index was up 5.1 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 5,083.1 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed higher following an upgrade to US second-quarter economic growth and a shift in expectations away from an immediate ...