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China to lead IPOs again in 2008

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... IPOs are on track to jump 95 per cent in the first half of 2008 to A$41 billion. Attracting the most interest is the industrials sector accounting for 40 per cent of the activity. The Thomson report noted that the financials sector, which lead Chinese ...

Russell adds Plato

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... materials, 10.76 per cent in consumer discretionary, 18.65 per cent exposure classified in other and minor holdings in and industrials and consumer staples. A boutique quantitative equities manager within Pinnacle Investment Management, Plato Investment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... spending in the US economy. As well, a retreat in the oil price was good news for investors concerned about costs in the industrials sector. "All the stars are aligned, basically," Mr Walker said. "It's a broader recovery. Our market's been quite weak ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
... 90.4 points, or 1.38 per cent, to 6455.3 while the All Ordinaries dropped 84.1 points to 6523.3. NEW YORK - The Dow industrials rose on Monday as investors bought beaten-down shares of financial services companies, including Citigroup Inc, while a drop ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... it is going to be a reasonable day. "Resources are down because of the lower metal prices, but banking stocks and industrials are higher." The lift in the market comes after a weak lead from Wall Street, where stocks were pulled back by a poor outlook ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... performing sectors in the US last night and we are following suit here." US stocks ended mixed overnight. The Dow industrials closed lower for a sixth day on fears that credit markets may break down and hurt the economy and profits, but a remarkable ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... price on COMEX. Base metal prices are the three month PM kerb close on the London Metal Exchange. NEW YORK - The Dow industrials closed lower for a sixth day on fears that credit markets may break down and hurt the economy and profits, but a remarkable ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
... strength of the Australian dollar," Mr Sekely said. "Clearly, they are being hit by more extraneous influences than the industrials." Zinifex shares were 16 cents lower at $15.63 after the zinc and lead miner posted broadly in-line production for teh ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
... market. Shares of International Business Machines Corp, the world's largest technology services company, pushed the Dow industrials into record territory. IBM, also known as Big Blue, rose 4.3 per cent after the company posted a jump in quarterly profit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2007
... improving consumer sentiment. The Standard & Poor's 500 milestone came a day after a market rally in which the Dow industrials racked up their biggest one-day point-gain in more than four years. The S&P 500 also capped its best two weeks in 11 months. ...