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Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
Australian stocks have opened firmer, as local market players looked past a weak lead from Wall Street. At 1033 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 12.9 points, or 0.28 per cent, at 4,595.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Investors turn from cash to fixed income: UBS

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
With the market already pricing in 2.5% as the bottom of the cash rate cycle, Abby Macnish associate director with UBS expects 2013 to deliver a steady migration out of cash into fixed income, and then into equities as investor risk appetite continues ...

Down, down interest rates are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
The Australian share market has broken back through the 4,400 point mark following a rise on Wall Street. At 1021 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 31.4 points, or 0.72 per cent, at 4,422.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's positive lead ahead of a batch of US economic data. At 07555 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 24 points at 4,405. No major economic news is ...

Successful Telstra bond issue to open flood gates for big banks

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
The success of Telstra's $750 million bond issue could pave the way for further issues from Australia's largest companies, according to Lincoln Indictors' Elio D'Amato. The five-year coupons, the first from the company since 2005, were sold to the market ...

Russell ups risk in equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
Russell Investments has dumped five defensive stocks in its latest rebalance of its value index, anticipating growth in riskier assets. Russell reconstitutes the weightings to stocks in its Russell Australia High Value and Australia High Dividend indices ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following Wall Street and Europe's lead as investors digested a blockbuster deal leaving British oil group BP with nearly a fifth of the Russian giant Rosneft, and took stock of a souring outlook from the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on the European markets overnight on easing euro zone debt crisis concerns ahead of a two-day EU summit and Wall Street remained in positive territory. At 0810 AEDT on Thursday, the December ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
Australian shares have opened higher due to strong gains in the resources and financial sectors. At 1016 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 22.7 points, or 0.51 per cent, at 4,475.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had ...