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AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
The Australian stock market is on track for a seventh consecutive day of gains, despite the negative impact of several high profile companies trading ex-dividend. The market had defied a mixed lead from overseas to continue to push higher on Monday ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a mixed performance on Wall Street. At 0900 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up six points at 5,369. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac-Melbourne ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
Australian shares are weaker as a mixed lead out of Wall Street dents the big banks. The mining giants, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, however, are firmer despite concerns China's economy may be experiencing its slowest annual growth in 14 years. The major ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
The Australian stock market is lower, with strong gains in resources stocks offset by falls elsewhere. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said the market spent the morning in the red following a soft lead from the US where disappointing earnings results ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a strong performance on Wall Street after the World Bank said the global economy was at a turning point. At 0858 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 24 points ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
The Australian stock market has pushed higher as bargain hunting investors take advantage of the previous day's sell-off. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the local market had pushed ahead despite a lacklustre lead from Wall Street. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
The Australian market was making gains in a surprisingly strong start in trading after a flat open had been tipped. International markets including the US rose overnight but the ASX has been bucking overseas trends and been on a downward trajectory ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat following rises on international markets after surprisingly strong US jobs figures. At 0840 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was down two points at 5,141. QBE shares fell more ...

How green are 'green funds'?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... Investment Leaders Fund in companies such as BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Oil Search, Aurora Oil & Gas, and Ausdrill. Dr Ian Woods, head of ESG research at AMP Capital, said the inclusion of such companies was based on careful analysis of a number of environmental ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
The Australian share market is up and approaching five-and-a-half year highs after shares in the US hit all-time highs overnight. The re-opening of the US government and short-term lifting of its debt ceiling has buoyed Australian equities. Among the ...