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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... finance Mark Joiner speaks at a CEDA lunch. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed lower, dragged down by resources stocks, with investors responding to commodity price falls and Europe worries. At the close of trade, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Market wrap - afternoon

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... what happens next," he told AAP. "We're back to the old battle... This has been going on for a few years." Weaker mining stocks were also weighing down the local market, with the materials sector down 0.94 per cent, on possible concerns about waning ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
Australian stocks have opened slightly weaker, with concerns over Germany's business confidence and euro zone debt weighs down investor sentiment. At 1027 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 10.9 points, or 0.25 per cent, at 4,374.6 ...

MIR Investment Management re-brands

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... Chief Investment Officer, said, "Our process offers a unique and disciplined approach designed to add value when picking stocks in Asia. In Asia and China, there are plenty of good value, good-growth prospect companies which are under-appreciated. Our ...

Controversial short-sell ban inconclusive

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... ban the practice in addition to the fear that short-selling would exaggerate price falls and, in the case of financial stocks, potentially cause destabilisation. ASIC claims the benefits of the ban outweighed the costs, although it is difficult to separate ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... Sydney. In Australia, the market started the week lower with weaker commodity prices contributing to big falls in mining stocks. At the close of trade on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 22.8 points, or 0.52 per cent, at 4,385.5, while ...

Fidelity launches Aust equity income fund in Japan

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... fund for the Japanese market. The Australian equity income focused fund identifies and invests in higher-paying dividend stocks and was launched in Tokyo recently to meet Japanese investors' demand for income-distributing funds. Gerard Doherty, managing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
Australian stocks have opened weaker, with the mining-related sectors leading the broader market lower. At 1028 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 18.4 points, or 0.42 per cent, at 4,389.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen 11 points, or 0.25 per cent, to 4,430.8 points. NEW YORK - US stocks pared early gains and closed barely changed, with little concrete news for investors to grab onto. At the close of trade on ...

Market wrap - afternoon

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... wondering what to do next. We've got a US presidential election in six weeks and I don't think much will happen until then." US stocks have ended mixed after poor economic data in the US, Europe and China pushed markets to losses in early trade. At the ...