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Penny for Benny's thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
Beep...beep...beep. Should have just slept in this morning given the bo-ring action on Wall Street overnight. "U.S. Stocks Retreat as Commodity Shares Drop, Banks Advance" was the headline on Bloomberg as it tried to justify the 0.1 per cent slip - ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
Australian shares are expected to open flat after Wall Street indices moderately lower. At 0823 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was two points lower at 4,699. In economic news on Tuesday, Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Baby steps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... the lifting of the discount rate from 0.5 per cent to 0.75 per cent effective 19 February at the close of trading on Wall Street last Thursday. The Fed also shortened the maximum maturity of any borrowings at the discount window to overnight - which ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
Australian shares are likely to open higher on Monday led by Wall Street and after gains among commodity and metal prices. At 0726 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 58 points higher at 4,666 points. In economic ...

In the eyes of the beholder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... Japan is out of deflation. Sure! Have sovereign debts inched down even just a tiny thousand dollars worth? Errrr! Wall Street - the benchmark of equity markets everywhere - sweated over the past few weeks. Never mind that leading indicators - like the ...

Good news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
Another day, another good day on Wall Street overnight. It could not be any different given the good omens provided by last night's US economic data releases. Remember that inventory de-stocking that was prevalent over the past months? Seems that American ...

Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
See what a long weekend can do to Wall Street's mood? Or is it because Wall Street operators have all gotten some on Valentine's Day that they're still basking in its afterglow? I just wish it were that easy. But no! Just when we thought it couldn't ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... there was robust trading on the local bourse after a lacklustre session on Monday and despite the lack of a lead from Wall Street, with US markets closed overnight for the President's Day public holiday. Ms Saly said the European Union had provided some ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... trading update. The Australian share market closed lower on Monday with little to guide it other than a weak lead from Wall Street on Friday and mostly softer base metals prices. A public holiday in the US on Monday also had traders reluctant to take ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
The Australian stock market has received mixed to negative leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing lower and metals and energy prices mixed. At 0823 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 14 points ...