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Shares rise after four-days of losses

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... to $31.31. NAB has completed its $5.5 billion capital raising after selling more than 28 million shares overnight on Thursday. The next big market event is US non-farm payroll employment numbers due out on Friday night, Australian time.

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... bond market and worries about growth after the IMF cut its US economic forecast. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday fell 170.69 points (0.94 per cent) to 17,905.58. The broad-based S&P 500 dropped 18.23 points (0.86 per cent) to 2,095.84 while ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains on Wall Street. At 0653 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up seven points at 5,596. In the US stocks gained helped by a wave of solid US economic data. Locally ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... cent in the afternoon on Tuesday, adding to the previous day's surge and almost erasing a near-seven per cent slump over Thursday and Friday. Tokyo eased 0.13 per cent, or 26.68 points, to 20,543.19, ending the Nikkei's best winning streak since a 13-day ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... best rally since 1988 at the height of Japan's stock market bubble. Shanghai, which plunged almost seven per cent over Thursday and Friday, jumped 4.71 per cent, or 216.99 points, to end at 4,828.74. Hong Kong added 0.63 per cent, or 172.97 points, to ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... per cent to 11,413.82 points. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies dropped 0.80 per cent compared with Thursday's close to close at 6,984.43 points. "European equity markets remained under pressure during the last trading session of the ...

MAX Awards to showcase innovation in financial services sales and marketing

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... evening and announce the winners and finalists across 17 sales and marketing award categories. The event will be held on Thursday (June 4) at the prestigious Doltone House (Hyde Park) in Sydney. Prior to the awards ceremony, Financial Standard will host ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... HIA releases its new home sales and the Reserve Bank releases private sector credit data. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed lower after the release of worse than expected capital expenditure figures. Business investment fell 4.4 per cent in ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... market looks set to open higher, after the Nasdaq index on Wall Street bolted to a fresh record peak. At 0646 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,750. Locally on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Market lower as Wall Street falls

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... 11,815.01 points on Friday and the CAC 40 in Paris dipped 0.07 per cent to end the day at 5,142.89 points compared with Thursday's close. But in London the benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 0.26 per cent at 7,031.72 points, boosted by gains to share prices ...