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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2007
... 0.36 per cent following a mixed session for corporate results and after both the Bank of England (BoE) and European Central Bank (ECB) left interest rates unchanged. The FTSE 100 ended down 23.1 points at 6,346.4. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6,876.73 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
... Bank of Australia will announce whether it has decided to lift interest rates. Most economists appear to believe the central bank will keep rates on hold. On the corporate front, BHP Billiton is expected today to post a record first-half profit exceeding ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2007
... - Hong Kong blue chips jumped 1.6 per cent as China Mobile and HSBC gained, while properties jumped after the US central bank held interest rates steady and said the inflation picture had improved. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed up up 323.74 points ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
... Blue chips dipped 0.22 per cent in thin trade as buyers were sidelined before this week's rate decision by the US central bank while China Mobile fell before Tuesday's index futures expiry. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed down 44.45 points to end ...

Equities the pick of the pack in 2007: Russell

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
... Surpluses from China, Japan and oil exporting countries have been channeled into financial markets through increases in central bank foreign reserves (largely through foreign bond purchases). The net result is excess savings from Asia and oil exporters ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
... after the Federal Reserve left benchmark rates unchanged, as expected, stalled when investors focused instead on the central bank's dour view of the slowdown in the housing market. That hurt home builders' stocks, while the financial sector was dragged ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
... rate to remain at 4.8 per cent The Australian stock market fell yesterday after a recent record-breaking run, as the central bank pushed up interest rates. Yesterday, the Reserve Bank of Australia raised interest rates 25 basis points to 6.25 per cent. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
The Australian stock market was weaker at noon today after a central bank interest rate rise put the brakes on the bourse's recent rally to record highs. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 24.5 points lower at 5467.1, while the all ordinaries ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
... million barrels a day, which set oil prices $2 higher, finishing above $62 a barrel. Across the Tasman, New Zealand's Central Bank also announced it will keep its interest rate at its record high 7.25 per cent. The bank feel inflationary pressure has ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
... Bank of China. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket ended just marginally positively as investors awaited the central bank's announcement on interest rates today. The NZSX-50 index nosed up 0.13 per cent or 4.9 points to 3,667.01.