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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... Paris the CAC 40 lost 2.78 per cent to 3124.80 points, while Frankfurt's DAX 30 shed 1.90 per cent to 6444.74 points. Greek stocks gave up another 3.62 per cent after falling by 6.67 per cent on Monday, and now finds themselves at a level last seen around ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... 14,724 contracts traded. IG Markets analyst Cameron Peacock said the local market had bounced back on Tuesday, after US stocks closed higher than expected. "The big disaster that everyone expected didn't eventuate so we've had a bit of a bounce this ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street closed mixed and European stocks finished higher with bourses settling and showing little impact of the elections in France and Greece. At 0805 AEST on Tuesday, the June share ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
Australian stocks were more than 1.5 per cent lower at noon following losses on Wall Street and falls for the mining giants. At 1200 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 72.1 points, or 1.64 per cent, at 4,323.9 points, while the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... 4,396 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell 35.1 points, or 0.78 per cent, to 4,459.4 points. NEW YORK - US stocks plummeted on Friday after the release of disappointing jobs data for April, with tech giants leading the way on fears that ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
Australian stocks remained weaker at noon as investors reduced their exposure to riskier investments ahead of the release of important economic data in the United States. Commodities stocks weighed on the market, following a trend set on overseas markets ...

Securities lending is not short selling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... dealers it plays an important tactical role in their trading activity. According to the ASX, at the moment the value of stocks on loan amounts to only $22 billion or 1.5% of the market. Traders are borrowing stock in about half of all companies, though ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... 10-year Treasury yield rose by a fraction to 1.92 per cent, while the 30-year was flat at 3.11 per cent. LONDON - European stocks were little changed as the European Central Bank kept interest rates at record lows but gave no indication of when or if ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
The Australian stocks market was flat in quiet trading conditions at noon, as gains among financial shares were offset by weakness in the energy and gold sector. At 1215 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 1.3 points, or 0.03 per ...

The revival of stock picking

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... funds that take quite high conviction, concentrated bets in areas of dispersion with up to 12% positions in individual stocks. To accommodate the volatility that will naturally accompany these managers, position-level risk is diversified at the fund ...