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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
The Australian market has received flat to positive leads from overseas markets overnight, with Wall Street edging into positive territory in late afternoon trade, and precious and base metals higher, although oil was marginally virtually flat. At 0825 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... 16,132 contracts. The local market opened on a bright note, shrugging off a mixed lead from offshore markets where Wall Street and oil prices finished firmer but precious and base metals prices were weaker. But the trend eased during the morning, after ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... early for this! There were some after-party celebrations to the bull market's one-year anniversary - but only just. Wall Street closed higher -- Dow up 0.03 per cent, S&P 500 up 0.5 per cent and Nasdaq up 0.8 per cent. As I scour through the news pages ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
The Australian stock market has received a mixed set of leads from offshore trading, with Wall Street and crude oil finishing higher, but precious and base metals prices were weaker. At 0827 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... despite being battered by waves of doubters in an ocean of despair. 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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
The Australian stock market received a mostly positive set of leads from offshore trading, with Wall Street and base metals prices trading higher. But gold and oil prices were weaker. At 0825 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... advanced 21 cents to $27.04, ANZ dipped three cents to $23.77, and Commonwealth Bank gained five cents to $54.87. On Wall Street overnight, stocks closed mixed despite a new round of mergers and acquisitions which raised hopes for the US economy. The ...

Still a two-way street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... next few days. By more if the report comes out with a big surprise." Well, from the looks of the first trading day on Wall Street, the employment numbers haven't done much! That's why we got this index intra-day seesaw on the road to nowhere - the major ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
The Australian stock market has received a mixed set of leads from offshore trading, with Wall Street and oil prices flat in afternoon trade but metals prices weaker. At 0800 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... equities, Richard Herring, said the market had given back some of its earlier gains, but was still firmer overall after Wall Street's gains on Friday. "It's a perfect storm for rising share markets," he said. "We had a strong lead out of the US on the ...