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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... index ended up 11.3 points, or 0.32 per cent, at 3,508.7 on Tuesday while the broader All Ordinaries index was 5.6 points stronger, up 0.16 per cent, at 3,449.1. NEW YORK - Encouraging news on housing and corporate earnings helped Wall Street set aside ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... March share price index contract was 29 points higher at 3,489 on a volume of 10,423 contracts. Finance companies were stronger. Shares in Commonwealth Bank of Australia gained $1.89, or 7.15 per cent, to $28.34, after the bank said on Monday its first ...

AXA Asia Pac growth mixed

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... small 7 percent to HK$2.2 billion while life insurance business rose by 14 percent to HK$756 million. Prospects were much stronger in the emerging markets with some regions posting triple-digit growth. AXA's new business index was up 18 per cent in China ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... 39 cents, or 2.86 per cent, to $12.88 and Westpac had fallen 28 cents, or 1.78 per cent, to $15.42. Energy stocks were stronger. At 1208 AEDT, Woodside Petroleum had advanced 80 cents, or 2.31 per cent, to $35.39, Santos had gained 25 cents, or 1.77 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... Exchange, the March share price index contract was up 17 points at 3,485 on a volume of 11,561 contracts. The big banks were stronger at 1203 AEDT. Commonwealth Bank of Australia was up 46 cents, or 1.75 per cent, at $26.77, National Australia Bank had ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... fourth quarter production report is due. On Tuesday, the Australian share market closed around three per cent higher after stronger commodity prices boosted resources stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 101.3 points, or 3.03 per cent, at 3444 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received a mildly positive lead from Wall Street but stronger metal prices have pushed up the Sydney Futures Exchange. At 0816 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 16 points higher at 3,345. ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you. For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
The Australian share market remained in positive territory at noon supported by a stronger resources sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 33.3 points, or 0.94 per cent, at 3,562.8, and the broader All Ordinaries index had gained ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... cent, to 3,197.89. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average fell 4.8 per cent to its lowest close in a month on Tuesday, hit by a stronger yen that nailed exporters as worries about earnings of major firms reinforced fears about the global economy. The Nikkei ...