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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket has received positive leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing higher and commodities prices firmer. At 0720 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 65 points higher at 4,840. ...

Still waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
New data, same message. Wall Street remains in the waiting room. Last night's economic updates really didn't do it for Wall Street as it continues to gnaw on its fingers waiting for tonight's delivery...of America's employment report. Most US retailers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher with Wall Street posting modest gains in late afternoon trade amid negative home sales data and positive news on retail sales and unemployment benefits. At 0804 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Up, down, flat trading day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
Wall Street remains on system standby. You can reason one way or the other until you're blue in the face but the fact remains that there wasn't anything new in last night's data releases. It's the same old, same old mix of negatives and positives. Besides ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open relatively flat as Wall Street edged into the red at its close as the Federal Reserve said the economy continues to grow at a slow pace. At 0825 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
Whew! Thank goodness we got some reprieve from the avalanche of economic data released over the past few days. Wall Street closed flat to up overnight as it nervously awaits what the mother of all economic releases - the US Non-farm Payrolls report ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher on Wednesday with Wall Street boosted by corporate takeover activity. At 0700 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 27 points higher at 4,730. In economic ...

La de da de da

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
"The beat goes on...la de da de da." (Cher) The beat of mixed data that is, but Wall Street is seeing the silver lining in the dark clouds this time. First stop and the most important for the US economy - the consumer. Their personal income rose by ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in positive territory following strong leads from Wall Street and major world markets overnight. At 0823 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 24 points higher at ...

Data data everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... the week will keep the Australian financial markets well, a bit out of sorts today. Friday night's performance on Wall Street was not telling enough to sway Australian equities one way or another. US equity indices were generally flat on the day, down ...