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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0815 AEST, the September share price index was down 12 points at 6376. In economic news today, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute will release its Indices of Economic Activity for May. In company news, Minara Resources ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open relatively flat, with Wall Street providing no major impetus and base metal prices patchy overnight. At 0804 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was up two points at 6386. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2007
In Sydney, the Australian sharemarket is expected to open to modest gains, driven by Wall Street and mostly higher base metal prices. At 0810 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was up seven points to 6401. In company ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
The Australian share market opened higher this morning on a strong lead from Wall Street. Local energy stocks led the way on a rising oil price. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 38.1 points to 6389.2 while the All Ordinaries gained ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
The Australian bond market opened weaker today as good news in the US services industry and jobs pushed US Treasury yields up by as much as 10 basis points. At 0900 AEST, the yield on the Commonwealth Government February 2017 bond was at 6.243 per cent ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
The Australian share market is likely to open relatively flat this morning, after thinner global trading overnight due to the close of US markets. At 0640 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was five points higher to ...

Economic round-up: RBA thumbs-up

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
There were no real surprises this morning with the Reserve Bank of Australia giving the Australian economy the thumbs-up and deciding to leave interest rates at 6.25 per cent for the sixth time. Also released today were the ABS's March quarter National ...

Private equity redefines mum-and-dad investing

The blow-out of leveraged buy-out activity (LBO) in Australia from an annual average of $1.5 billion to last year's record $27 billion is changing the investment landscape, but not in the way most people think. Andrew Goddard, director in alternative ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2007
The Australian share market at noon had slipped from last night's record high following a mixed lead from New York, while resources stocks pulled the bourse lower on softer commodities prices. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 39.5 ...

Former IOOF head of retail joins S&P

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has appointed IOOF's former head of retail funds management as an executive in the investment services division. Jarrod Brown resigned from his position as head of retail funds management with IOOF in August last year. In his ...