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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
Australian stocks have opened higher following strong gains on international markets overnight. The local market is around half a per cent higher at 1030 AEDT, following a more than one per cent rise across Wall Street's major indices. Commsec market ...

ETF assets to surpass hedge funds in 12-18 months

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... to EY's Global ETF Survey. The report said while growth rates will be highest in Asia and lowest in the more mature US market, the growth drivers will be the same across all markets - foreign currency share classes, fund of fund ETFs, new emerging market ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
The Australian share market has opened flat despite solid gains on Wall St overnight, while David Jones has jumped over news it received and rejected a bid from Myer last year. Earnings in the US have continued to progress favourably, buoyed by data ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a mixed lead from Wall Street. At 0850 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was down seven points at 5,281. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.2 per cent, while ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
Australian shares have fallen as China's economic growth numbers continue to weigh on the market. With US markets closed for the Martin Luther King Jr public holiday, investors are taking their cues from Chinese gross domestic product (GDP) data, Invast ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
Australian shares are marginally weaker as a lacklustre lead from Wall Street weighs down the big miners and some banking stocks. A dip on US markets saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the the broad-based S&P 500 both shed about a third of a per ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
Australian stocks have opened higher following a solid night on global equity markets. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the local market was taking its lead from Wall Street, which received a boost from positive US consumer confidence and employment ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
The Australian share market is trading higher on the back of Wall Street pushing to more record levels. On the US market on Friday, the S&P 500 index closed above 1,800 points for the first time, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to another ...

Investor appetite for global markets on the rise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
Investor interest in international markets has increased by 9% since September, according to a survey by Investment Trends and Certitude Global Investments. The findings suggest that the bullish attitude to international equity is not just a faddish ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on international markets as dealers digest positive data from the US and China amid quiet trade on a public holiday. At 0850 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract ...