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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Australian stocks have opened marginally firmer, with strong gains among resources-related companies offset by weakness in defensive market sectors such as healthcare and utilities. At 1028 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.5 points ...

Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... Sharma's opinion piece in the Financial Times arguing that QE drives greater increases in commodity prices than they do stocks - and higher commodity costs (like food and oil) are a tax on "poor families". And how about the article written by Joseph ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... or 1.17 per cent, at 4,390, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 50.4 points, or 1.16 per cent, at 4,410.2. US stocks have finished higher for a second day of gains on the back of the Federal Reserve's new QE3 stimulus, tracing the earlier rises ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
Australian stocks have opened more than one per cent higher after the US Federal Reserve's announced stimulus measures led to shares soaring on Wall Street. At 1019 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 47.1 points, or 1.09 per cent ...

The Fed may have gone too far

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... the "core" of the problem, housing finance. This morning, the Australian share market opened more than 1% higher, and US stocks soared on the back of the Federal Reserve's announcement.

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... scheduled to hold general meetings. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed lower amid broad-based weakness, with mining stocks posting some of the steepest declines. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 21.9 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 4,339.4 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Australian stocks have opened weaker, with falls among mining and financial stocks leading the broader market lower. At 1030 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 19.9 points, or 0.46 per cent, at 4,341.4 points, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... results. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed higher as investors gain enough confidence to pick up beaten-down stocks, especially in the mining sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 35.5 points, or 0.82 per cent, to 4,361.3 points, while ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... on Wednesday (US time) amid expectations it will take fresh action to help the sluggish US economy. Both European and US stocks closed mostly higher on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 13,323.36, up 69.07 points (0.52 per cent). ...

Market wrap - afternoon

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
Australian stocks had a lacklustre opening after falls on Wall Street and in Europe. At 1018 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 14.3 points, or 0.34 per cent, at 4,319 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 14.6 ...