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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
Australian stocks have opened flat as market players wait for key economic data from China. At 1030 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.7 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,292.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
Australian stocks were higher at noon, led by gains among resources-linked companies and in defiance of a weak lead from Wall Street. At 1210 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 7.1 points, or 0.17 per cent, at 4,282.2 points, while ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
Australian shares opened lower after falls on Wall Street and the absence of an expected company tax reduction in the federal budget. At 1022 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 21.2 points, or 0.49 per cent, at 4,352.7 points ...

Sigma wins $100m super fund mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
Boutique Australian equities manager, Sigma Funds Management, has been awarded a new investment mandate by an Australian super fund, worth in excess of $100 million. The mandate aims to capitalise on Sigma's small companies' strategy which outperformed ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
Australian shares were slightly higher at noon, after the local market bounced back in response to a better than expected day of trading on Wall Street. At 1200 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 5.5 points, or 0.13 per cent, at ...

BlackRock funds target new investment climate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
BlackRock Australia has launched two new funds that aim to achieve returns through long/short investment strategies, in response to what the company views as long-term market conditions. "It is unlikely we will see a return to the highly liquid, low ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
Australian stocks were more than 1.5 per cent lower at noon following losses on Wall Street and falls for the mining giants. At 1200 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 72.1 points, or 1.64 per cent, at 4,323.9 points, while the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
Australian stocks remained weaker at noon as investors reduced their exposure to riskier investments ahead of the release of important economic data in the United States. Commodities stocks weighed on the market, following a trend set on overseas markets ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
The Australian stocks market was flat in quiet trading conditions at noon, as gains among financial shares were offset by weakness in the energy and gold sector. At 1215 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 1.3 points, or 0.03 per ...

S&P Indices expands fixed income

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
S&P Indices has expanded its S&P/ASX fixed income series and introduced intraday pricing to the Australian market. The government inflation-linked bond index carries capital inflation linked bonds with principal adjusted by trailing Australian CPI each ...