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Market Wrap - Morning

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
... launch the Forbes CEO Conference. On Friday, Australian shares closed weaker as investors reacted to a weak lead from Wall Street ahead of new US economic data. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index finished down 31.7 points, or 0.68 per cent, at 4,601.9 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
The Australian share market was weaker at noon on Friday, following a negative lead from Wall Street overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 40.5 points lower, by 0.87 per cent, at 4,593.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... analyst Deavid Taylor said there was little momentum in the Australian market on Thursday. "We got a negative lead from Wall Street overnight," Mr Taylor said. "The only disparity is that base metals prices seem to continue their run up, probably on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading, with Wall Streets's key indices lower, but precious and base metals were higher. Oil fell slightly. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, at 0747 AEST, the December share price index contract ...

S&P and ASX launch Aussie "fear index"

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... have launched an Australian version of the "VIX" volatility index, colloquially referred to as the gauge of fear on Wall Street. The S&P/ASX 200 VIX index will measure the expected volatility of the benchmark S&PASX 200 index. The higher the reading ...

Much ado over more of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
All dressed up and nowhere to go. Yup! Wall Street went nowhere alright. A day before last night's Federal Open Market Committee Meeting (FOMC), Wall Street was all prepped, seemingly ready to take it all, whatever the Fed decides - or more, importantly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... finished mildly weaker after losing momentum through the trading day on profit-taking, despite a strong performance on Wall Street. After opening 0.7 per cent higher, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 closed 13.8 points or 0.3 per cent weaker at 4,617.5 points. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... Barack) Obama talked up the prospects of further fiscal stimulus last night, so it's probably a bit cautious." On Wall Street overnight, stocks surged to a four-month high after the National Bureau of Economic Research confirmed the world's biggest economy ...

Recession over, now for the recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities into longer-term Treasury securities last month. At any rate, given Wall Street's positive reaction to the positive news, this might be the catalyst we've been waiting for. For if the US economy was able ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... $US1,280.78. The sole positive stock on the S&P/ASX20 was Telstra, having risen four cents, or 1.45 per cent, to $2.79. Wall Street closed Friday night's (AEST) session with a small gain, but Patersons Securities associate director Mark Goulopoulos said ...