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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
The Australian share market was lower at noon as resource stocks, particularly in the energy sector, continued to reel from yet another big drop in the oil price. The few bright sparks on the market were blood products and vaccine developer CSL and ...

Employment mobility figures revised

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has revised its estimates about the mobility of the Australian labour force noting that of 9.921 million people aged 15 years and over who were working in February 2006 for employers other than themselves, 11.6 per ...

A new head for Hillross

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
AMP owned Hillross Financial Services will have a new managing director from February next year with the current head moving across the Tasman to assume the role of deputy managing director of AMP Financial Services New Zealand. Jack Regan will leave ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open marginally firmer with a likely interest rate rise expected tp weigh on otherwise positive sentiment following gains in world share and commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0744 AEDT, the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger, following a firm rally in global markets and yesterday's push to record highs. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0738 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 59 points at 5,490. Today ...

Job mobility 12 per cent: ABS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2006
While 20 per cent of people employed in February this year had been with their current employer for less than 12 months, actual job mobility is stable at 11.7 per cent of the workforce. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the extra 8 per ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after a stronger close on Wall Street, where the Dow Jones a record closing high. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0717 AEST, the December share price index contract was up 13 points at 5,358. Today ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher on a positive lead from from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0714 AEST, the December share price index contract was up 23 points at 5,331. On the economic front today, the latest consumer ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger following Wall Street's healthy gain overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0755 AEST, the December share price index contract was 21 points higher at 5352. Today Perpetual Ltd will hold ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
Financial markets across the world have held up reasonably well despite North Korea's nuclear tests that sent shockwaves across global financial markets on Monday. Most markets recovered by Tuesday and the US Dow Jones Industrial Index reached its record ...