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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market was down about three per cent at noon after National Australia Bank (NAB) reported further losses related to its exposure to complex US mortgage-backed debt securities. The local bourse was also following Wall Street, which ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after US stocks declined overnight as a weaker-than-expected housing market report was released. At 0736 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract fell ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open in higher after US stocks rose modestly overnight amid another sharp decline in crude oil prices. At 0722 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract added 12 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open in positive territory after Wall Street closed sharply higher overnight as another drop in oil prices improved investor sentiment. At 0811 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after Wall Street fell modestly on Monday. US investors consolidated gains from the past week's rally and mulled Bank of America's better-than-expected earnings. At 0728 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Energy investments surge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... investment is reinforced by sustainable energy companies accounting for one-fifth of IPOs, noted SEFI. The Indian stock market raised US$1.4 billion in 2007. A below the radar development in the debate about alternative energy is energy efficiency technology. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US stocks closed on a fairly positive note on Friday following investor optimism about the troubled financial sector. At 0812 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price ...

None the wiser, all the poorer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... fund. "There is an alarming level of disengagement from super if Australians think there is no relationship between stock market volatility and their super account balance." It gets worse. Nearly two in five people surveyed by Mercer believe that investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US stocks ended positively on a stronger-than-expected earnings result from investment and commercial bank JP Morgan Chase and falling energy prices. At 0653 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market was up one per cent noon on the back of strong gains in financials and property trusts, shadowed by falls in resources stocks. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 49.3 points or 1.01 per cent to 4919.9 while ...