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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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... 4,352.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell 14.1 points, or 0.32 per cent, at 4,430.3 points NEW YORK - US stocks have closed lower but off earlier steep losses as Wall Street focused on European political and economic uncertainty and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases its Producer Price Indexes for March data. No major equities news is expected. Resources stocks were mixed on Monday. BHP Billiton was down 12 cents to $35.38, Rio Tinto was up eight cents to $66.71 and Fortescue Metals ...

Instos should challenge commodity exposure: FQ

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... markets is not uncommon. "Risk is primarily driven by currency in Canada as well," said Darnell. "The phenomenon of resource stocks is they're much more driven by stock rather than commodity behaviour." "From an Australian viewpoint, what you're getting ...

Dark pools shine as ASX trade size falls

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... Australia. "You can imagine if you're in the business of needing to buy or sell tens of millions of dollars of certain stocks, to go into the lit market, do that in an orderly fashion and not move the prices around is getting harder and harder," Chatfield ...

Market Wrap-Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... official this week. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 8.95 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 3,516.23. Within the index, 24 stocks fell, 20 rose and six were unchanged. Turnover was $65.5 million, making it one of the lightest trading days this month.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
The Australian share market slipped into negative territory by noon as falls by insurance stocks and manufacturers outweighed higher energy stocks. Profit downgrades by building materials producer Boral and mining equipment maker Bradken highlighted ...