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Morning market wrap: US Stocks Slump Friday As Confidence Wanes

US stocks closed sharply lower Friday, following a survey showing consumer confidence soured in early June. The University of Michigan's index of consumer sentiment dropped to 87.2 in June from 92.1 in May, in contrast to forecasts of a modest rise. ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares defy offshore markets, finishing slight

... early losses to finish the day slightly higher, defying falls in other major Asian markets and in US and European markets Friday night. The All Ordinaries ended the day at 3056.3, up 2.9 points from Friday's close. Earlier in the day the index had slumped ...

Midday market wrap: Australian Shares Open Slightly Higher

Despite further gains overnight in major US indices, the Australian share market traded slightly lower early Friday. Late in the morning the All Ordinaries was at 3049.0, some 1.2 points lower than yesterday's close. The inability of the Australian ...

RBA may cut interest rates, economy set to weaken: ICAP

... expected, the latest ICAP weekly insight has forecasted. "In its testimony to the House of Representatives Committee last Friday, the Reserve Bank indicated that it has become increasingly concerned about the immediate economic outlook," ICAP said. "Recent ...

Wizard adds voice to rate cut predictions

... the forecasts of an RBA rate cut, following Governor Macfarlane's speech to the House of Representatives committee last Friday.

ASIC to crackdown on 'get-rich-quick' schemes

... schemes when it releases findings from an industry surveillance investigation later in the year, it has announced. Last Friday Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Ian Macfarlane called for a crackdown on get-rich-quick seminars run by real estate ...

RBA leaves interest rates at 4.75 per cent

... to start to consider when to lift rates back to 'neutral'," ICAP chief economist Ric Simes said. "We have to wait until Friday when the RBA appears before the House of Reps Committee to learn where the Bank sees the balance of risks." Interest rate cuts ...

ASIC backs Village Roadshow on dividend suspension decision

... angered some fund managers. John Murray, managing director of Perennial Value Management told a Perennial/IOOF roadshow last Friday of his company's "anger" at the decision. Meanwhile, South Australian company director Christopher Beresford James has ...

Morning market wrap: US shares resume upward swing

Domestic shares are likely to start the week on a positive note as the Dow Jones index finished strongly higher on Friday. The index rose by 139.08 points to close at 8850.26 points, while the Nasdaq rose 20.96 points to 1595.91 points. All Ordinaries ...

Principal Group tipped to launch counter bid for POF: Analysts

... likely. The Investa offer values each POF unit at $1.63, based on Investa's five-day weighted average trading price to Friday's close. The Investa bid is the latest in a series of takeover activity in the $50 billion property trust sector. Westfield ...