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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... lead from Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.67 per cent to 10,405.83. The miners were mostly a little stronger in morning trade, with BHP Billiton up nine cents at $40.05 and rival Rio Tinto putting on two cents at $69.82.

Future Fund mulls Transurban investment

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... investment opportunities in infrastructure and property trusts in the past year - but things are improving. "There's a much stronger pipeline so we expect to see that portfolio ramping up in the next few months."

Planners want insurance integration

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... transact through their planning software or investment platform. Integration is not a new theme, but the call is becoming stronger as integration in platform and planning software land accelerate. "It's following what's happening now on the investment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
A stronger-than-expected labour force report for the month of November pulled the Australian share market out of the doldrums and into positive territory at noon. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 8.4 points, or 0.18 per cent, at 4,646.3 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... Investors sent the dollar and Treasury prices higher in response to the day's news. Commodities fell as the dollar rose. (A stronger dollar makes commodities more expensive for buyers overseas, and hurts profits at companies that have large international ...

Low rates to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... many times do I have to say it? The US Federal Reserve would not raise interest rates until the American economy has stronger legs to stand on. This is basically what Chairman Benny told US and world financial markets when he spoke before the Economic ...

Future Fund to grow investments team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... with Neal expecting to broaden the fund's portfolio to include more infrastructure and property trusts. "There's a much stronger pipeline so we expect to see that portfolio ramping up in the next few months." The fund is also looking at hedge fund opportunities. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... $1.29, or 3.45 per cent, to $38.69, and Newmont was up 16 cents, or 2.74 per cent, at $5.99. The big miners also were stronger, with BHP Billiton up 58 cents, or 1.4 per cent, at $41.92, and Rio Tinto adding $1.76, or 2.46 per cent, to $73.16. US stocks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... Sydney is scheduled to hand down judgment on Network Seven's C7 appeal. In Australia on Tuesday, the sharemarket ended stronger after Australian investors shrugged off news of a much-expected interest rate rise. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... Saly said. "Leighton Holdings has a number of contracts in Dubai, and it is up." Shares in the company were 98 cents stronger, by 2.82 per cent, at $35.75 at 1206 AEDT. BHP Billiton had risen 98 cents, or 2.43 per cent, to $41.37 at 1207 AEDT and Rio ...