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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases producer price indices for March. The National Australia Bank releases its business confidence survey for the March quarter. In companies news, the Federal Court is to hand down its decision on Seven Network's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases lending finance data for February, National Australia Bank issues its business confidence survey for March, and the Australian Office of Financial Management auctions $300 million of August 2015 Treasury indexed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... exports. There was a reluctance to take strong positions ahead of the Bank of Japan's quarterly Tankan survey of business confidence due Thursday and US jobs data Friday, however. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks closed lower as investors snapped a three-day ...

Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... of 8.5 per cent top? This would also be changed to a lower number. Given the positive lead in job ads and business confidence, in a few months time Australia could be importing workers again - if not already - to ease capacity constraints (read, demand ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... firmer on Tuesday, notching up a fresh 11-month high, as gold broke through the $US1000-an-ounce barrier and business confidence lifted to its strongest level in almost six years. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 69.4 points, or 1.56 per cent, at ...

Fear not a rate rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... the corresponding pick up in business sentiment -- just as consumer sentiment reached two-year highs, so has business confidence. Whatever lingering bearish opinions that remain, are betrayed by current interest rate futures trading - implying a 50/50 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... 3,217 points. TOKYO - Japanese shares dropped despite the Bank of Japan's quarterly Tankan survey showing that business confidence among major Japanese manufacturers had improved for the first time in two-and-a-half years. Many investors were disappointed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... increased for the first time in 16 months. Investors are awaiting the release of Japan's Tankan survey of business confidence, due out on Wednesday, and jobs figures in the US on Thursday for signs of the health of the global economy. The benchmark Nikkei-225 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... continent. Britain reported a surprise jump in retail sales, France saw a rise in consumer spending, while a German business confidence index rose from record lows. Analysts were hopeful the data indicated an economic turnaround was likely before the ...

Plusses and minuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... What gives is perhaps the gloomy disposition of Australian businesses. The NAB business survey showed that business confidence fell to minus 32 points in January - the lowest reading in the survey's 20-year history and even lower than the confidence ...