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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... market is set to fall after weak earnings from US retail giant WalMart contributed to a sharp drop on Wall Street. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was down 29 points at 5,496. In local economic news on Friday, the ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... production growth moving forward." A rise in commodity prices overnight helped buffer some mining stocks, he said. At 1020 AEST, BHP Billiton was nine cents higher at $38.39 while Rio Tinto had shed seven cents to $62.71. Among the major banks, National ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... release, despite a positive lead from Wall street where both the Dow Jones and S&P 500 reached fresh record highs. At 0915 AEST on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up one point at 5,488. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... National Australia Bank had lost 94 cents to $33.56 and Westpac had dropped 82 cents to $34.32 as both trade ex-dividend by 1056 AEST. However, Commonwealth Bank of Australia was 40 cents better off at $80.30 after announcing its third quarter cash profit ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... release, despite a positive lead from Wall street where both the Dow Jones and S&P 500 reached fresh record highs. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up five points at 5,492. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced ...

Timely market surge for a tough budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) termed as a "blood, sweat and tears" budget. We'll have to wait until 7:30 tonight (AEST) to find out how bloody, sweaty and teary we'll get. Then again, there's Governor Glen Stevens we can count on to wipe those ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... set to open higher ahead of the federal budget and after both the Dow Jones and S&P 500 reached fresh record highs. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 31 points at 5,468. Analysts said there was no obvious catalyst ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... The Australian share market has opened higher on the eve of the release of the Abbott government's first budget. At 1010 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 14.1 points, or 0.26 per cent, higher at 5,474.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... looks set to open flat despite a rally in US stocks with the Dow closing its last session at a fresh record high. At 0805 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was flat at 5,445. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Friday advanced ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... possibility of that occurring (stimulus measures) appeared to fade," Mr McCarthy said. Among the major banks on Friday at 1200 AEST, ANZ fell 94 cents to $32.86 as it traded ex-dividend, Commonwealth Bank was 16 cents higher at $79.25, Westpac lifted ...