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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... offset by BHP Billiton, the gold miners and supermarkets. The market had gained in early trading following a lift on Wall Street after US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner reassured investors about banks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was ...

Out with the new old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... Headline: IMF warns worst to come, toxic debt to reach US$4,100,000,000,000. Yeah...yeah. Sure...sure. I am so scared. Wall Street ignored the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR). This is because while delivered ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... 4.54 points, or 0.15 per cent, to 2,973.94. TOKYO - Japanese share prices dropped sharply following heavy losses on Wall Street, where fresh worries emerged about the health of the banking sector and domestic corporate earnings. The Nikkei-225 index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
The Australian sharemarket was down at noon, with a broad-based fall coming after bad news on Wall Street overnight. By 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 had fallen 102.1 points, 2.71 per cent, to 3666.9 after US equities slumped, amid concern bad ...

Taking a breather

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... fast and running too far ahead of economic fundamentals. And that this makes it highly vulnerable to disappointment. Wall Street's developing bubble has been pricked again last night. But no, nothing has changed from last week. Positive news has been ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... was one point stronger at 3776.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 2.5 points to 3728.1. NEW YORK - Wall Street found enough in the latest earnings reports on Friday to keep its six-week rally alive. Stocks ended another winning week with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... higher at 3,775.7, while the broader All Ordinaries index added 31.7 points, or 0.86 per cent, to 3,725.6. NEW YORK - Wall Street rallied on Thursday, lifted by better-than-expected profits from JPMorgan Chase and a drop in new US jobless claims that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... Hancock said banks, financials and the property sector were driving the local bourse higher on a positive lead from Wall Street. "The flow-on from the US is confidence-related. The banks are reflecting the expected profit rises in the US after Goldman ...

Vantage point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... find that the global economy is on the mend or the global economy is still wallowing from its debt-inflicted pain. Wall Street sat where everything seems to be turning up roses. The Dow and the S&P 500 rose by 1.3 per cent overnight following the US ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after Wall Street rose on hints of the recession easing. At 0741 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 38 points at 3,790. In economic news on Thursday, the Reserve ...