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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2007
The Australian stock market is expected to fall again this morning, after all the major overseas markets suffered losses, and commodities prices lost ground. At 0653 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was down 38 points ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
The Australian share market has opened weaker after a soft lead from Wall Street. The minor retreat came after both local major indices ended yesterday's trading at record highs. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 12 points to 6384.9 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
The Australian stock market is expected to open weaker after a big fall on Wall Street. At 0706 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was down 47 points at 6,362. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its June monthly ...

Westpac goes to water

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
... aggressive expansion program in its Specialised Capital Group, focusing on infrastructure, property, private equity and high-yield debt. Specialised Capital Group head Sean McElduff told an analysts' briefing yesterday that Westpac was keen to take a ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
The Australian share market has opened lower after falls in most base metals overnight, despite a faintly positive lead from Wall Street. At 1014 AEST, the bluechip S&P/ASX200 Index lost 6.6 points to 6365.4, while the all ordinaries fell 5.2 points ...

Economic round-up: Dollars and sense

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
... dollar climb 1 per cent against the currencies of its trading partners. Meanwhile New Zealand Government bonds rose. The yield on the benchmark 10 year note fell two basis points to 6.76 per cent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Before the central ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
The Australian stock market is expected to open stronger on faintly positive lead from Wall Street and mixed commodity prices. The Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was up nine points at 6,395. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
Continued strength on Wall Street and higher base metal prices are expected to drive further gains on the local bourse when it opens this morning. At 0752 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was up 30 points to 6298. In corporate ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
... nearly three months. LONDON - Britain's index of 100 leading shares rose, with upbeat miners and a retreat in 5-year US bond yield highs eased sentiment in the stock markets. The FTSE 100 closed at 6559.6 points, up 39.2 or 0.60 per cent. FRANKFURT - ...

Economic round-up: Greenspan versus the poet

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
While China's Premier Wen Jiabao relies on the economic advice of a poet, America's former Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, protests he has less influence than he's given credit for with his economic observations. Trying to turn down the heat ...