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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
A rise in the gold price has delivered resources stocks a boost and helped to lift the local sharemarket. CommSec market analyst Steven Daghlian said the market had now started nine of the past 11 trading session higher. He said mining stocks were leading ...

The good, the good and the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... better now. US equities are advancing at the same time that yields on 10-year US Treasuries have remained around 2.5%. Stocks had a different reaction back on 22 May when yields started rising above 2.0%. It's all for the best. It's all for normalisation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... 5,001.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 29.5 points, or 0.59 per cent, to 4,988.9 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have ended higher after a series of mediocre earnings reports limited buying enthusiasm. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
Australian stocks have opened stronger following news China will lift controls on lending interest rates. The ASX200 index is back above 5000 points as the market rebounds from Friday's losses. IG market strategist Chris Weston said the market received ...

Pengana eyes reporting season short-selling opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... difference in performance between the two companies. Boustridge said reporting season presents an opportunity to short stocks likely to disappoint the market and, equally, take long positions in stocks the manager expects to beat expectations. The manager's ...

State Street wins $780m LGS mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... portfolio is customised to conform with our environmental, social and governance investment principles and will exclude stocks from industries such as uranium mining, gambling, armaments and tobacco." LGS has gained the reputation of being an ethically ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... Australia, the market on ended the week with a fall as negative sentiment across Asia prompted a selloff in local resources stocks. The market rose above 5,000 points in early trade, boosted by gains on Wall Street that took the US stocks to record highs ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... again nudged above the 5,000 point mark but fell away in afternoon trade to end only slightly higher. Financial and energy stocks were the best performers, with other sectors mixed. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 11.7 points, or 0.23 per cent ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 2.1 points, or 0.04 per cent, to 4,966.5 points. NEW YORK - US stocks rose after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed's policy on tapering its bond-buying program was not on a "preset ...

Morningstar to provide share research to RBS Morgans

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... tool, Morningstar Analyst Research Centre. It features regularly updated analyst reports and ratings, as well as data for stocks, commodities, managed funds and exchange-traded funds. "Australian investors and their advisers are increasingly looking ...