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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2006
... services data, and Harvey Norman will report its annual sales results. Yesterday, the Australian stock market closed lower after jobs data increased the chance of a near-term interest rate rise. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 43.7 points to 5084.6 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2006
The stock market is expected to open weaker after a slide on Wall Street due to weaker-than-expected jobs data in the US on Friday night. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down 37 points to 5113 at 0817 AEST. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2006
... Yesterday, the Australian stock market closed higher, recovering from earlier falls as investors continue to wait for important jobs figures in the US. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 23.4 points at 5120.3 while the all ordinaries firmed 23.8 points ...

VFMC staff won't be re-hired

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2006
... level staff at the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) will not be re-hired after being asked to re-apply for their jobs just a month ago. As part of a restructure of the organisation, staff on the investment team were last month told their ...

Self-congratulatory advisers still ignoring lower end market

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2006
... to 54 per cent of advisers. "The major trigger point for seeking advice was moving house, (26 per cent) followed by moving jobs (19 per cent)," he said, challenging the view that most advice is sought when people approach retirement. And while an audience ...

Consumers more than happy with advisers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
... through various life stages. "This includes financial advice related to key life events such as moving house and changing jobs," Powell said. The future role of planners could be extended even further, according to the survey. "The results also show ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
... rising by 56,000 in May - the biggest increase in more than two years -- against expectations for a 13,000 gain. Full-time jobs rose by 55,800 to 7.3 million and part-time employment increased marginally to 2.9 million. This pulled the unemployment rate ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
... the June share price index contract was down 27 points at 5002. On the day the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases May jobs data while CVRD executive director Jose Carlos Martins speaks in Melbourne and Sedgman lists on the ASX. NEW YORK - US stocks ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
... index closed at 4916.04, down 43.66 points. TOKYO - The Nikkei average fell as exporters sank after weaker-than-expected US jobs data raised concern about a slowdown in a key market for Japanese products. The Nikkei finished 121 points lower at 15,668.31. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2006
... On the equities front SP Ausnet will release annual results. NEW YORK - US stocks slipped as investors worried that weaker jobs growth may be pointing to an economic slowdown, which would hurt corporate profits. The Dow Jones industrial average declined ...