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Market wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
... cent on Tuesday. WELLINGTON - The sharemarket remained mildly negative, becalmed by negative economic pointers and last Friday's three per cent tumble on Wall Street. The benchmark NZSX-50 closed down 0.5 per cent or 18.47 points to 3487.42 on moderate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks made a modest rebound following Friday's sharp slide, as investor sentiment was lifted after a realtors report showed pending home sales rose 6.3 per cent during April, providing ...

ING A rejects munitions claims

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... standards that prevented investments in such practices and that it is already a signatory of the Equator Principles. Last Friday, Australia, along with more 100 other countries, signed an international treaty that outlawed the use and production of cluster ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... formed a $776 million alliance with the coal seam gas producer and liquefied natural gas (LNG) hopeful. On Wall Street on Friday, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 7.90 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 12,638.32, and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index for May is also released. The Australian share market closed weaker on Friday as lower prices for oil and base metals pulled back global miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... NEW YORK - US stock markets were closed on Monday for the Memorial Day public holiday. They will reopen on Tuesday. On Friday, US stocks fell to round out the worst week in three months as worries about high oil prices hammered energy-sensitive sectors ...

EQT and Trust end merger talks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... could not agree to terms that are attractive enough for shareholders. Equity Trustees chair, Tony Killen, announced on Friday both firms were unable to reach an agreement on the terms whereby a merger would occur. "Our board of directors determined from ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... a bit of the negativity in the market at the moment." The local market got off to a poor start after US stocks fell on Friday on concerns over the rising price of oil. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 145.99 points, or 1.16 per cent, to close ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after US stocks fell on Friday on concerns about the rising oil price. At 0740 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was down 65 points at 5,720. Today, Goodman Group provides ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... was $US904.65 per fine ounce, down $US2.90 from yesterday's close of $US907.55. The dip follows a more than $26 rise from Friday's Sydney closing price. Among gold stocks, Newmont fell five cents to $5.07, Newcrest added 31 cents to $33.13 and Lihir ...