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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... heavy fall on Wall Street on Monday caused nervousness among investors ahead of a slew of corporate results, while a stronger US dollar hit commodities firms. In Tokyo, shippers lost ground after reporting poor earnings, with Kawasaki Kisen and Nippon ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower on Tuesday after Wall Street fell due to the impact of a stronger US dollar on multinational and resource companies. At 0721 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

Canadian pensions stage Q3 recovery

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... local currency (US) terms but pension plans only rose by just over 10 per cent when converted to Canadian dollars. "The stronger loonie has held us back in 2009, but we weren't complaining last year when its weaknesses went a long way to soften our losses," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... September and shares of Amazon.com rode to a new high after the internet retailer's earnings and forecasts came in much stronger than expected. Amazon's report as well as a jump in Microsoft Corp. after its earnings report helped limit the losses of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open stronger on Friday after financial stocks propelled Wall Street higher overnight. At 0744 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was up 41 points at 4,860, on a volume ...

Super saved the economy

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... worse off in 2008 by around $930 a year, or almost $2,400 per household. The research "Better living standards and a stronger economy: the role of superannuation in Australia" was launched by the minister for superannuation, corporate law and financial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket was lower at noon as stronger energy stocks failed to counter a negative lead from the US. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 13 points, or 0.27 per cent, at 4833.2 while the broader All Ordinaries fell ...

Pleasant and nasty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... a spike in the Empire State manufacturing survey (one) and a drop in initial jobless claims (and a half). Similarly, stronger-than-expected US industrial production and better-than-forecasts retail sales dulled disappointment over the fall in consumer ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... 6.51 per cent to $13.42, as investors digested its 21 per cent lift in 2008/09 cash net profit, reported on Thursday. A stronger crude oil price in offshore markets overnight continued to push energy stocks higher. Santos gained 28 cents, or 1.8 per ...

Bassanese backs Aus eqs and LPTs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... significantly better value than emerging markets. From a longer term point of view, the emerging markets growth outlook is stronger and relative performance has been stronger to date," he said. And Bassanese reckons the local listed property market should ...