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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
Australian shares have opened slightly higher as confidence grows in the local market following gains in resources stocks and on high expectations of an interest rate cut. At 1015 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 7.4 points, or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... Matthew Quinn delivering a presentation. In Australia, the market on Monday closed stronger, driven by resource and banking stocks, to put it on a slightly stronger footing over all of April. Traders said the market finished stronger on the day on the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
The Australian share market was stronger at noon driven by resources stocks on anticipation of a soft economic landing in China. At 1209 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 29.2 points, or 0.67 per cent, higher at 4,391.3 points, while ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... conflicting signals, as investors weighed disappointing economic news against reports of higher profits at big companies, stocks inched higher. All three major indexes were up on Friday, though barely. The Dow climbed 24.69 points to 13,228.31, a tiny ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... at $10.17. Fellow retailer Harvey Norman lost six cents to $2.00 while Myer shares fell five cents to $2.34. Defensive stocks such as Telstra shares were stronger, with the telco up four cents to $3.55, its highest level since August 2009. "The new comment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... per cent, at 4,375.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 11.1 points, or 0.25 per cent, at 4,445.NEW YORK - US stocks have risen despite a series of uneven data and corporate earnings reports that included a big disappointment from oil giant ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... S&P 500, which includes both Apple and Boeing, gained 18.72 (1.36 per cent) to 1,390.69. On the local bourse some media stocks were punished after Seven West Media's shock earnings downgrade left investors and analysts wondering where the next profit ...

Hedge funds outperform: Research

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... per annum, hedge funds returned 9.07% on average after fees between 1994 and 2011. This is compared to 7.18% for global stocks, 6.25% for global bonds and 7.27% for global commodities. According to the research, hedge funds achieved these returns with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... broad-based S&P 500, which includes both Apple and Boeing, gained 18.72 (1.36 per cent) to 1,390.69. LONDON - European stocks rose sharply as robust corporate results offset weak economic data and markets waited for the US Federal Reserve's latest interest ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... negative effect," he said. "There's an underlying strength here which, I think, we will see improve during the day." US stocks closed lower, though off earlier steep losses, as Wall Street focused on European political and economic uncertainty and some ...