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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... overnight." Mining giant BHP Billiton was down 38 cents at $42.92 while Rio Tinto was three cents higher at $76.73. On Wall Street overnight, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 47.69 points, or 0.45 per cent, at 10,733.67, its highest since October ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... market had edged 0.6 per cent higher by noon on firmness among major financial and resources stocks after a positive Wall Street lead. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 28.6 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4,825.8, while the broader All ...

Land of the free money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... you'll get that "lovin feelin" for US shares. But look closer and you'll see that there was nothing spectacular to Wall Street's performance at the closing bell. S&P 500 up 0.8 per cent, Dow up 0.4 per cent. It's the same "threading water" show we've ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
The Australian market has received positive leads from overseas, with securities spiking higher on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold and signalled they would stay down for some time yet. Commodities were higher, too. ...

Analyse this

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... does its own regular pharmacy surveys of generic versus brands data. He said empowering analysts differently to their Wall Street peers helped drive many of Janus' key institutional strategies to the top decile in the past five years. For example, the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
The Australian market has received flat to mixed leads from overseas trading, with Wall Street flat, oil and copper down, but precious metals ended higher. At 0739 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was five points ...

Tale of two extremes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... not helped much - not when history shows two different directions. It was exactly one year ago (9 March 2009) when Wall Street hit rock bottom, bounced, and -- except for a few fleeting glances - never looked back. It was all gloom and doom heading up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... 1.55 points, or 0.04 per cent, to close at 3,927.4. TOKYO - Japanese stocks rose 0.81 per cent, following gains on Wall Street and on a softer yen, which spells good news for exporters. The Nikkei-225 index climbed 86.31 points to 10,751.26. HONG KONG ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... The Australian stock market was higher at noon making broad-based gains following an ultimately positive lead from Wall Street overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 8.4 points, or 0.17 per cent, at 4,822.6 points, while the broader ...

Don't know where to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... the end of this week's trading. Global equities were of course taking their cue from the global trend-setter that is Wall Street. As at last night - after four days of trade -- the S&P 500 index was up only one per cent, half of the 2 per cent increase ...