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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... 54.42 (1.82 per cent) to 3,042.82. A successful bond auction by fiscally-strained Spain gave an early boost to European stocks that fed into the US mood at opening. Trade also got a boost from International Monetary Fund's release of its semi-annual ...

Russell rethinks indices on expected bank windfall

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
Russell Investments has reconstituted the Australian high dividend and high value indices in favour of banking stocks ahead of reporting season. The semi-annual reconstitution has been driven by attractive valuations and expected income from the banks. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
Australian stocks have opened higher, led by strong gains in the healthcare and info tech sectors in quiet trading conditions. At 1030 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 9.5 points, or 0.22 per cent, at 4,311.8 points, while the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... points, while the broader All Ordinaries index dropped 21.7 points, or 0.49 per cent, to 4,382.5 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have traded mixed as investors weighed better-than-expected March retail sales numbers, a sharp slowdown in New York manufacturing ...

Aubrey lands Skandia mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... its partner, Treasury Group. The Aubrey Global Conviction fund is a highly concentrated portfolio of 40-50 international stocks.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... than the banks. We're probably going to be like this all day, down about 30 points. Telstra is quite strong." Financial stocks were mixed, with ANZ up 0.44 per cent at $23.08 and National Australia Bank down 0.44 per cent at $24.69. Commonwealth Bank ...

Managers up risk on improved sentiment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... long term economic prosperity, given Europe's high consumption of Chinese goods." Amid the 'risk on' approach, cyclical stocks regained favour, a move Liddell attributes to the two RBA rate cuts towards the end of 2011 and improving global growth pro ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... Ordinaries index added 42.5 points, or 0.97 per cent, to 4,404.2 points. NEW YORK - It was a losing week on Wall Street. Stocks closed lower on Friday and finished the week down after worries about Europe returned. The Dow Jones industrial average closed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher after stocks on Wall Street posted large gains on a surge in lending in China and a rise in eurozone industrial production. At 0802 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 27 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
Australian stocks have opened slightly higher, driven by gains in the US overnight. At 1020 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 17.4 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 4,263.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 17.8 points ...