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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2006
... benchmark Hang Seng index rose 93.84 points to 15,949.89. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket closed on a softer note tonight as Telecom went ex-dividend and investors paused for breath after a month of quickfire profit results. The benchmark NZSX-50 ...

Daily Economic Update

... high petrol prices erode funds for discretionary purchases. Overseas, the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets tonight and is expected to raise rates for the 14th consecutive meeting to 4.5 per cent. What ordinarily would have been a two-day ...

Marketwrap

... price index contract was 27 points weaker at 4599. On the day Optus chief executive Paul O'Sullivan speaks in Sydney while tonight, Telstra Corp group managing director Phil Burgess is also speaking. On the economics front the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2005
... On the economics front, all eyes will be on Reserve Bank of Australia governor Ian Macfarlane, who speaks in Melbourne tonight. NEW YORK - US blue-chip stocks rose after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan offered remarks considered benign for stocks ...

Super industry upbeat on budget

Superannuation associations are optimistic that tonight's budget will include positive measures for superannuation including further reductions in the superannuation surcharge and a possible extension of the co-contribution scheme. "It's reasonable ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2005
... gains. On the local front attention is focused on the federal budget, due to be handed down by treasurer Peter Costello tonight. A budget surplus of $13 billion is expected to mean sweeteners for all Australian workers, with across the board tax cuts ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2004
... Australia Bank releases its monthly business survey and the Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Glenn Stevens speaks tonight.

Australian dollar firmer at midday bonds steady ahead of US jobs data

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2004
... dominated the New York session. Cautious traders pushed the US dollar lower against several major currencies ahead of tonight's important September US non-farm payrolls report. Strategists said money markets were biding their time ahead of tonight's ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2004
... 469 contracts. On the day the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases retail trade and job vacancy data and in New York tonight the Merrill Lynch Australasia Investment Conference kicks off.

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2004
... eke out some small gains on the day, although traders may struggle for direction given that the US market will be closed tonight and the Australian market is closed on Monday. Overnight, the US market gained ground as investors eyed second quarter earnings ...