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Market Wrap

AMP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... cent, to 4,472.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell 37.2 points, or 0.82 per cent, to 4,496.3 points. US stocks finished flat under the shadow of earnings disappointments but tempered by a slightly better-than-expected estimate of economic ...

Market wrap late AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
Australian stocks opened flat after mixed leads from Wall Street and European markets. At 1018 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was flat at 4,510.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 0.6 points, or 0.01 per cent ...

High frequency trading benefits: UK government

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... abuse of the market. Many in the financial services industry believe that HFT - an algorithm-based method of trading where stocks are held for as little as a few seconds - has led to unexplained 'flash crashes' such as the one experienced on 6 May 2010 ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after European stocks close mixed and the US markets made modest gains following better-than-expected jobless claims and durable goods figures. At 0714 AEDT on Friday, the December share price ...

Market wrap late AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
Australian stocks have opened higher, with local market players looking past a weak lead from Wall Street. At 1024 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 1.5 points, or 0.03 per cent, at 4,507.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Russell ups risk in equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
Russell Investments has dumped five defensive stocks in its latest rebalance of its value index, anticipating growth in riskier assets. Russell reconstitutes the weightings to stocks in its Russell Australia High Value and Australia High Dividend indices ...

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
"Stocks end lower after Fed decision." This was the title of a video from 'The Wall Street Journal' that encapsulates all the other headlines that answer the 'why' for the weak performance of those scripts on The Street last night. But what did the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street was trading slightly in the red overnight but European stocks closed higher as traders digested mixed economic data before the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting. ...

Market wrap - late AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
Australian stocks have opened 0.7 per cent lower, outperforming the sharp declines from offshore markets during the overnight session. At 1033 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 31.5 points, or 0.69 per cent, at 4,511.6 points ...

Bad everywhere news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... the Bloomberg headlines that I woke up to this morning: Dow Drops Most Since June Amid Disappointing Earnings European Stocks Decline to Seven-Week Low on Results The Merval index fell the most in 11 months U.K. Stocks Drop for a Third Day as Mulberry ...