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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
Australian stocks have opened flat as gains in the healthcare and utilities sectors were offset by weakness among energy and financial companies. At 1028 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 3.5 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,391.2 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... while the broader All Ordinaries index lost four points, or 0.09 per cent, to 4,417.8. Glum economic news from FedEx left stocks mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 11.54 points to 13,564.64, while the S&P 500 index fell 1.87 points to close ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... another run higher." Mr Shamu said some lingering concerns over the slowdown of the Chinese economy were affecting mining stocks. "We've heard pledges (from Chinese leaders) to support growth targets, but we haven't quite heard how this will actually ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... 4,402.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index lifted 11.6 points, or 0.26 per cent, to 4,421.8 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower in the aftermath of the Federal Reserve's new QE3 stimulus rally amid concerns about weakness in US manufacturing ...

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 ...