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Urbanisation fuelling resource demand

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... are all adjusting to the changing economic cycle, he added. "Within resources, there is a great variation between energy stocks and mining stocks, with the latter running on exceptionally low PEs. For example, RIO is trading on a PE of 8 times, which ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... global economic growth. Gold was the worst-performing sector, falling 1.48 per cent, according to IRESS data. Industrial stocks (down 0.72 per cent) and consumer discretionary stocks (down 0.86 per cent) were also in negative territory. On a positive ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... cent, at 4,505.3, while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen 24.6 points, or 0.55 per cent, to 4,526.6. NEW YORK - US stocks have skidded after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its global economic growth forecasts and investors braced ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... for the year," he said. "The materials and energy sectors are all up and are leading the market higher." Overall, energy stocks were 0.88 per cent higher and the materials sector, led by higher overnight iron ore prices, was up 0.68 per cent. The mining ...

Swiss manager exceeds $1bn in Aus assets

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... funds, multi-managers and non-government organisations. "Following a bottom-up, long-term approach to investing in global stocks, means our portfolio owns interests in well-run businesses, with consistent and visible earnings growth. "This enables Vontobel ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was off 11.8 points, or 0.26 per cent, at 4,502.0 points. NEW YORK - US stocks on Monday followed European and Asian markets lower, giving up some of last week's solid gains ahead of the third quarter earnings ...

China trip provides first-hand insights

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... financial advisers explore China later this month. On the back of recent monetary stimulus, Wu said Chinese small and mid cap stocks have jumped in value, and there is a wave of new infrastructure investments commencing, such as roads, subways and ports. ...

Trading mistake forces Indian exchange crash

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... in placing orders, saw the exchange's Nifty index fall 920 points on Friday morning with shares in heavyweight financial stocks such as State Bank of India (SBI) and HDFC particularly hard hit, reported AAP. "The Nifty fall was on account of abnormal ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... for holidays for the whole of last week." Commodities prices were mostly down, including oil and gold. Among resources stocks, Rio Tinto was 18 cents weaker at $54.72, BHP Billiton shed three cents to $33.29 but Fortescue Metals was up two cents to $3.63. ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... market on Friday posted gains for a seventh consecutive day but unlike the rest of the week was led by cyclical mining stocks instead of high yielding banks. At the close of trade, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 42 points, or 0.94 per cent, at ...