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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... spurs, it doesn't look as if there's anything to take the market higher at the moment." Commodity price rises boosted mining stocks, with BHP Billiton lifting 20 cents to at $35.87, and Rio Tinto adding 56 cents to $62.48. Among the major banks, National ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... hiring. Strong corporate earnings and continuing economic stimulus from the Federal Reserve are also supporting demand for stocks. LONDON - Trading on European stock markets produced mixed results as poor British economic data competed with better news ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... to new highs. The early gains were being held back by some nervousness in the financial sector and weakness among mining stocks, IG Markets strategist Stan Shamu said. "We're just a touch higher at the moment," he said. "Yesterday what was driving the ...

Conscious Capital launches Aussie equities fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... Investor Fund, a highly concentrated portfolio aimed at wholesale investors. The fund will hold between only 10 and 30 stocks at any one time. The investment process centres on finding companies with proven business records and have management teams ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
The Australian share market has opened slightly higher, with gains by bank and industrial stocks outweighing losses among the miners. At 1017 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 7.4 points, or 0.14 per cent, at 5,130.8, while the broader ...

The happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... the Dow's 120% gain and the S&P 500's 129% increase to date. This tells you that there's bullishness not only for the 30 stocks that comprise the Dow nor the 500 biggest listed companies in the S&P 500, investors have also been feeling good about the ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... pushed up by a fifth straight day of gains on Wall Street. The market has opened about 0.1 per cent higher, with mining stocks the best performers in early trade. CMC Markets chief strategist Michael McCarthy said it was hard to predict where the market ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains in US and European stocks after the British and European central banks kept their rates on hold. At 0830 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 20 points at ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
Australian stocks have opened firmer with mining companies leading the way. Burrell Stockbroking principal Richard Herring said the local market got a positive lead from Wall Street, where the Dow rallied to a new all-time high for a second day. However ...

ICI chief blasts US transaction tax legislation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... deficit. A statement issued by the ICI noted that a 'securities transaction tax' could apply to the value of trades in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), futures and options, other derivative instruments and other securities. ...