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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
Australian stocks were firmer at noon as the big banks and miners led the broader market higher in quiet conditions. At 1210 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 29.6 points, or 0.69 per cent, at 4,292.9, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
Australian stocks were higher at noon as the market held onto gains which began on late on Tuesday and were boosted by a late surge overnight on Wall Street. At 1208 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 109.6 points, or 2.72 per cent, at 4,144.4 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
Australian stocks are looking at a brighter day today, after Wall Street staged a stunning turnaround in late trade overnight. Oil fell again, but metals generally were higher. At 0710 AEST on the ASX 24 on Monday, the September share price index futures ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
Australian stocks were dumped at the start of trade on Tuesday, as the wave of selling during overnight offshore trading swept onto local shores. At 1027 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 151.6 points, or 3.80 per cent, at 3,834.5 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
Australian stocks are tipped to be pushed into the red again today after America's credit rating was downgraded for the first time in its history over the weekend. Hopes for a bounce on the Australian share market after a horror Friday appear to have ...

Markets crash as recession fears hit

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
Australian stocks plunged at the open after world markets fell sharply overnight and experts say more grief is to come. At time of writing, the All Ordinaries Index was down 173 points or 3.97% to 4179.9 while the S&P ASX 200 had given up 156.5 points ...

Market woes cause adviser headache

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... analyst has said, while financial advisers faced with worried clients have been told to get back to basics. Australian stocks have been in rapid reverse with the S&P/ASX 200 Index falling more than 13% in the past four months, breaking a key support ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... half results. Macarthur Coal, Atlas Iron, Mirabela Nickel are due to announce quarterly reports. On Tuesday, Australian stocks closed firmer despite the debt impasse in the United States, and made up some of the lost ground from Monday's sell-off. The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
Australian stocks were higher at noon, despite the failure by the United States to resolve its debt-ceiling stalemate, which dragged Wall Street lower overnight. At 1200 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 30.5 points, or 0.67 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... issues full year results, and Petsec Energy Ltd and Oil Search Ltd issue quarterly production reports. On Monday, Australian stocks suffered broad-based selling in line with Asian markets on fears the US government will fail to reach agreement on raising ...