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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
The Australian share market has opened firmer as traders await a busy Thursday for local earnings reports. At 1015 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 18.7 points, or 0.44 per cent, at 4,292.9, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
The Australian dollar has fallen while trading within a tight range ahead of a key Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) interest rate decision. At 1200 AEDT on Tuesday, the local currency was trading at 107.15, down from 107.25 on Monday afternoon. From ...

Waiting for the RBA to dance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
"What do you see You people gazing at me You see a doll on a music box That's wound by a key..." -- Doll on a Music Box All eyes are fixed on the RBA today. Will they? Won't they? Make it three (interest rate cuts) for three (Board meetings)? As far ...

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
Reverend Cleophus James: Do you see the light? Elwood: What light? Reverend Cleophus James: Have you seen the light? Jake: Yes! Yes! Yes!... I have seen the light! - The Blues Brothers Yes, yes, yes, Virginia, gauging from the rally in equity and commodity ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
The Australian dollar has fallen back from a three-month high as investors wait to see fresh US jobs data and an expected deal between Greece and its creditors. At 1200 AEDT on Friday, the Australian dollar was trading at 107.02, down from 107.17 on ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
Financial markets are in one of those "waiting to exhale" moments again. But if one was so bold enough to ask, waiting for what? Waiting till the cows come home to roost? Whoops, sorry I think there's something wrong with my metaphor just there -- or ...

Stirrings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
Uh-oh, is it just me or is the fear index starting to stir once more? There must be another summit underway in Europe. There's nothing like the smell of a European summit to scare the bejeesus out of financial markets. The VIX index spiked to a high ...

A bullish view could be dangerous after Davos

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
January has seen a positive start to the year, but taking a bullish view at the end of the rally could be a dangerous move, according to trading firm LTG GoldRock. The IMF has downgraded its growth forecast to 3.3% with a predicted fall in commodity ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
Australian shares climb after market-beating results from Apple helped bourses shrug off growing concerns that Greece may default on its debt. European and Wall Street fell overnight after eurozone officials rejected a final offer from the Greece's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
The Australian stock market at noon on Monday was slightly lower as investors awaited news on the Greek debt situation. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 7.4 points, or 0.17 per cent, weaker at 4,232.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...