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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
The Australian sharemarket has shrugged off falls on Wall Street to trade stronger in morning trade with choppy trade seeing major mining stocks up but finance stocks weaker. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 had increased to 3755.2, a rise of 2.3 ...

Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
Wall Street retreated last night apparently shocked at reports of an unexpected fall in US retail sales. The US Commerce Department reported that retail sales fell 1.1 per cent in March with sales ex-autos declining 0.9 per cent. Expectations were for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower on Wednesday following falls on Wall Street after a weak retail sales report punctured the market's optimism about the economy. At 0702 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures ...

The good news in good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
Five weeks and counting. Wall Street and other equity markets chalked up another positive week heading into Easter. The early buds of a bull run or another dead cat bounce? Questions such as these make the answer plain and simple. And it is that there ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open in positive territory after Wall Street rose overnight and commodity prices were stronger. At 0711 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June SPI futures index was up 45 points at 3,670. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... was nearly 1.5 per cent lower at noon, with banks and the mining giant BHP Billiton posting falls after a drop on Wall Street overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 55.2 points to 3651.1, a fall of 1.49 per cent, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open in negative territory as Wall Street plunged over two per cent overnight. At 0706 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was down 50 points at 3,690. In economic news on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... the loss of 135 full time jobs and about 570 contractor positions. The market opened in the red after commodity and Wall Street prices fell overnight, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 41.74 points to 7975.85, a fall of 0.52 per cent.

Away for Easter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
Oh no! Not another bear market rally. While we were sleeping, Wall Street stumbled again overnight. After four weeks of consecutive gains, Wall Street took a breather last night and gave back a little of its previous gains. Yes, you read it right - ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower following a profit-taking day on Wall Street and weaker commodity prices. At 0709 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was down 21 points at 3,743. In economic news, the ...