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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... cents to $28.22. The market was weighed down by a weak result on Wall Street. US equity markets fell to two-month lows on Friday on poor reports from financial and technology companies. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 223.55 points, or 1.69 per ...

CommBank buys IWL

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... executive Otto Buttula. The purchase became final after the Victorian Supreme Court authorised court orders lodged by IWL on Friday. IWL will initially be a subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank, before being absorbed into CommSec, according to executive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open lower following a weak lead from Wall Street on Friday after investor worries intensified about bank troubles from the US housing crisis. At 0800 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... healthcare sector is surprisingly lower, with CSL losing a bit of ground." Ms Roadley said an increase in the gold price on Friday night had strengthened some gold stocks. In the US on Friday, the Dow Jones industrial average closed 27.23 points stronger ...

IIFA pledges global reporting standards

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... support development of a better investment fund reporting system at its 21st annual meeting, which concluded in Sydney last Friday. The 76 delegates, representing 35 different national investment fund associations, pledged to improve reporting standards ...

Sub-prime still has teeth

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... securities. Merrill Lynch shares experienced their worst daily percentage drop in 18 years falling as much as 11.5 per cent in Friday trading. According to the Wall Street Journal, Merrill Lynch could be under investigation over its handling of mortgage ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is likely to open higher today, after a positive ending to Friday's trade in New York. At 0753 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was up 25 points to 6723. Today, the Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007
... trade in positive territory, driven by the resources sector, which was buoyed by higher base and precious metal prices on Friday. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had jumped 68 points to 6768.6, while the All Ordinaries had added 69 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007
... scheduled to confirm an issue of $400 million of April 2012 bonds. The Australian stock market closed in positive territory on Friday, driven by strong gains from major miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
... which was, in turn, doing better than anticipated. "I think it's a little bit stronger than people would have expected on a Friday after the US market was flat... We'll probably see it slide back a little this afternoon," he said. "The main strength ...