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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... 4,359.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index rose 14.1 points, or 0.32 per cent to 4,387 points. NEW YORK - US stocks finished mixed after economic data gave no clear direction on the economy, and as investors awaited a key speech by Federal ...

Market down 5%: Resources look ugly

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
At reporting season's three quarter mark last week, defensive stocks surfaced with their best half year of growth since 2009, while cyclicals recorded their worst - despite industrials earnings rising 4%. With only a little more than a third of stocks ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... 4,372.9 points. Shares of Apple hit new record highs after the company won its patent lawsuit against Samsung, but overall stocks traded mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 33.30 points (0.25 per cent) at 13,124.67. The broad-based ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
Australian stocks have opened firmer amid broad-based gains as local market players took their cues from a positive night on Wall Street. At 1030 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 20.7 points, or 0.48 per cent, at 4,369.7 points, while the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... news, NAB chief executive Cameron Clyne is scheduled to give a speech to Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce in Sydney. In stocks: Billabong International and Toll Holdings are due to post full year results, while Caltex Australia is slated to announce ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell with blue-chip stocks Boeing and Hewlett-Packard helping give the market its worst day so far this month. At 0809 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... September share price index futures contract was down 12 points at 4,364 points, with 6,532 contracts traded. In the US, tech stocks dragged on sentiment and brought Wall Street lower, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sliding 68.06 points to finish ...

Sluggish growth the new norm: Janus

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... stock-picking across all asset classes. "You can't just pick a market - it's important to know all the underlying facts of the stocks/assets you're buying," says the Singapore-based Wellso. "The better time to invest is when there are no expectations ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... sales figures. In Australia, the market on Wednesday finished a touch lower as investors abandoned energy and resources stocks and found value in the beaten down retail sector. At the close on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 7.4 points ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... Australian market looks set to open flat despite Wall Street falling into the red, unable to maintain early gains as tech stocks dragged on sentiment. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down three points at ...