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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received a mixed lead from Wall Street, with major indices lower, but precious and base metals, and oil, higher. At 0829 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 12 points higher ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received generally positive leads from Wall Street, with most major indices higher, along with oil and precious metals, while copper was lower. At 0815 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket was down over two per cent at noon following significant losses over Wall Street's last session and weaker commodity prices. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 95.1 points, or 2.05 per cent, at 4,548.1 ...

Trick or treat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Trick or treat? Trick or treat? Will Halloween steal Christmas away from Wall Street? It appears so given the stumble on Wall Street and most major equity markets around the world last week - sending their early October gains down the gurgler. Wall ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after heavy losses on Wall Street on Friday amongst both securities and commodities. At 0728 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 118 points lower at 4,506. ...

Back on the road again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... 1947 - punctuated by the 3.8 per cent slump in the second quarter (the worst in 70 years). So for now let's part-tey! Wall Street did. And the Asia Pacific region will when they start trading this morning and the fun will spill over Europe when it wakes ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open significantly higher as Wall Street had its best day in three months on better-than-expected United States economic growth figures. US gross domestic product rose at an annual rate of 3.5 per cent in the ...

A tale of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... where Uncle Sam's economy is currently precariously perched at this very moment. The usual excitement that we see on Wall Street every earnings season has dissipated. Wall Street is bored. Bored of waiting for the economy to show it the way. Reports ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to continue its recent run of losses on Thursday as Wall Street fell sharply on weaker economic data and a lower forecast for upcoming growth figures. At 0720 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share ...

Joined at the hip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
Ho hum. Another day, another boring day on Wall Street. Maybe there's more action in the north across its border. The usual suspects were in attendance to provide a semblance of market action. US shares rose on positive housing news. The S&P/Case Shiller ...