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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2006
... following a positive lead from international markets and after reaching new highs last week. US stocks rose sharply on Friday, buoyed by higher profits from blue chips Microsoft Corp and Procter & Gamble Co, while a government report showing slower-than-expected ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2006
... AEDT. NEW YORK - The blue-chip Dow average and the broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained on Monday, rebounding from Friday's sharp declines, as falling oil prices and expectations of strong earnings from major energy companies like Exxon Mobil Corp. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2006
The Australian market should open lower following sharp declines on Wall Street on Friday. US stocks suffered their biggest loss in nearly three years on Friday, plummeting on disappointing earnings from blue chips Citigroup Inc. and General Electric ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2006
... 4,836.4. The all ordinaries index added 1.6 points to a record 4,785.9, scraping past the prior closing high of 4,784.3 set on Friday. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index was up five points to 4,828, at 0833 AEDT. NEW YORK - US ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2006
... a mixed lead from Wall Street, although stronger commodities prices are expected to brighten some resources stocks. On Friday the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 0.2 points to 4,836.7, but the all ordinaries edged 2.6 points higher to 4,784.3 ...

CFS property team jump ship

... S&P to put the CFS property securities funds on hold. The property securities team, led by Stephen Hayes, announced on Friday that they will set up a new boutique investment management firm under Perennial Investment Partner's stable. Hayes' entire team ...

Market wrap

... cent lower. Caterpillar, the biggest drag on the Dow Jones industrial average, fell after the shares hit a 52-week high on Friday. The Dow industrials were down 39.06 points at 10,836.53. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 7.40 points at 1259.92. ...

Super splitting to go ahead in new year

... superannuation together, as the Howard Government passed the long awaited splitting superannuation bill through senate on Friday night. The bill is expected to allow contributions made on or after January 1, 2006 to be split between spouses and will ...

Kelly trades in financial planning for insurance

... role of executive director of the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) after she handed in her resignation to the FPA on Friday, only two years after she took up the position in 2003. While there has been some external speculation as to the FPA's future ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

... sales will all be updated during the week. US November non-farm payrolls and the unemployment rate will be released on Friday night (Saturday morning Australia time) and therefore, its impact would only be reflected in domestic trading next week.