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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... the December share price index futures contract was 68 points lower at 4,645 points, with 24,615 contracts traded. Wall Street and European stocks fell sharply overnight on growing unease over Europe's massive sovereign debt and China's efforts to tackle ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... leading the way, after reports the bank failed to win control of South Korea's fifth-largest bank. According to the Wall Street Journal, South Korea's Hana Financial Group won control of Korea Exchange Bank, beating ANZ. ANZ was up 19 cents at $23.27. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving generally positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street indices higher, along with precious metals. Oil was flat. On the ASX24 at 0647 AEDT, the December share price index contract was 16 points ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
"Wall Street drops on China price worries" - afr.com.au. "Wall Street slumps on China concerns" - new.com.au. "Stocks, Commodities Slide on China Concern; Treasuries Tumble" - Bloomberg.com. "US shares drop on China inflation worries" - Reuters via ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
Australian markets are expected to open weaker on Friday, as Wall Street fell after a weak outlook from technology giant Cisco weighed on investor concerns about future profits. On the ASX24 at 0613 AEDT, the December share price index contract was ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... Labour Department said that initial claims for jobless aid dropped by 24,000 to a seasonally adjusted 435,000. Many Wall Street economists expected a smaller decrease. "We certainly got an increase on risk appetite last night," Mr Taylor said. "This ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Decisions, decisions. Wall Street closed higher overnight but why do I get a feeling that there's little conviction behind the move? You'll feel the same way too baby if like many investors these days you're looking at the market's performance since ...

QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
Damned if they didn't, damned now that they did! Wall Street is behaving just like any four-year old these days. A four-year old who gets a present, he eagerly opens it, eyes beam, plays with it for about... maybe a week, then discards and wants something ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... Santos was 14 cents down at $13.16. Mr Chatterton said local investors received little direction from US equities. Wall Street closed mixed following Monday's offshore session after a slow day of trading marked by some profit taking and concerns over ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... powerful central bank in the world gave them lots and lots of play money to play with and now... this is all we get. Wall Street stalled despite last week's news that the US Federal Reserve would be drip-feeding US$75 billion into the financial system ...