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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... while Commonwealth Bank was up 91 cents at $39.84, Westpac rose 39 cents to $20.00, and NAB gained 21 cents to $22.56. Wall Street shares surged to their highest levels of 2009 on Thursday as investors cheered upbeat housing data and a strong day for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... 4,064.1, while the broader All Ordinaries index gained 3.7 points, or 0.09 per cent, to 4,072.6 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street shares surged to their highest levels of 2009 on Thursday as investors cheered upbeat housing data and a strong day for corporate ...

When it's too late

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Move on people...nothing to see here. Move on. Aussie investors relying on overnight movements on Wall Street to show them what today's trading activity has in store for them in their own market - up, down or upside down - would have to (gulp!) rely ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
... points, or 0.51 per cent, to 4,068.9 points. NEW YORK - A strong earnings-driven rally ran out of steam on Wednesday for Wall Street's blue chips, but the technology-heavy Nasdaq extended its winning streak to 11 days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
The Australian share market was higher at noon lifted by mining stocks, and following a rise on Wall Street overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 20.1 points or 0.5 per cent at 4,070.8, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 21.6 ...

Best laid plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... recalling the trillions of American dollars that the US Government and the Federal Reserve have flooded the system. Then Wall Street fell into self-doubt. The mood changed, we are not ok. More money is needed. Do you recall the headlines of just around ...

Jumping at shadows no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
"War is over, if you want it, want is over now" (John Lennon) Wall Street have resumed its upward trek after tripping some weeks back as number crunchers lowered company profit expectations and the dumping of warm bodies on the unemployment heap continued ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected open in positive territory after Wall Street closed mostly higher on Friday. At 0753 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 11 points higher at 3,993. In economic news ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
The Australian share market had run out of steam by noon after a solid start following further gains on Wall Street. At 1205 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 0.8 point, or 0.02 per cent, at 3,994.8, while the broader All Ordinaries had lost 1.3 ...

Bullish bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... Meredith and Nouriel are whales. Right or wrong, they create waves...no, tsunamis. Thus, when Meredith said jump, Wall Street jumped. They rallied again last night when Nouriel told a Chilean investors conference in New York that, "The freefall of the ...