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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... wealth, will be released by the ABS on Wednesday, Mr James said. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute survey of consumer sentiment for July will be released on Wednesday and is expected to show consumer sentiment continues to be weak, he added. On Friday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... data on dwelling unit commencements in March, and Westpac and the Melbourne Institute release their Survey of Consumer Sentiment for June. In Brisbane, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), Glenn Stevens, addresses an Economic Society ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... data on dwelling unit commencements in March, and Westpac and the Melbourne Institute release their Survey of Consumer Sentiment for June. In Brisbane, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), Glenn Stevens, addresses an Economic Society ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... Tuesday, but isn't expected to change official interest rates. Data on job advertisements are released the Monday, consumer sentiment and housing finance figures on Wednesday and jobs figures on Thursday. NEW YORK - US stocks dropped sharply on Friday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... gains on Friday. The market was still down slightly for the week. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment index rose to 74.3 in May, above analysts' estimates of 70. Concerns about higher petrol prices and inflation knocked the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... negative start, boosted by the major banks and the consumer staples sector. Mr Esho said data out on Wednesday on consumer sentiment was "not exactly positive, but not as negative as it could have been". The Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... prices and matching expectations. The market also shrugged off a better-than-expected University of Michigan consumer sentiment report. Earnings reports from upscale retailer Nordstrom and graphics chipmaker Nvidia came in below expectations. Nordstrom ...

Equity and commodity alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... sentiment suffered the most in the West, where fuel prices exceed the national average." Did you get that? Consumer sentiment fell because of high fuel prices. This logic was also evident in the smaller than expected 0.5 per cent rise - the slowest in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... at 4,887 points. In economics news on Wednesday, Westpac and the Melbourne Institute release their Survey of Consumer Sentiment for April, and the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) issues $500 million of July, 2022, bonds. In companies ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... Australian dollar has fallen almost half a US cent following disappointing housing finance data and a soft consumer sentiment survey. At 1200 AEDT, the local unit was trading at 100.73 US cents, lower from Tuesday's local close of 101.16 US cents. Since ...