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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... but would have trouble moving above 105.60 cents. "There is quite a lot of resistance around that level. NEW YORK - US stocks have surged following gains on European markets and after Ben Bernanke said a still-weak job market merited the Federal Reserve ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... terms. BHP Billiton was up two cents at $34.42 and Rio Tinto was up 12 cents at $63.82, but it was the smaller resources stocks that posted larger gains. Grange Resources was up three cents, or 4.96 per cent, at 63.5 cents, Troy Resources had gained ...

No greed, no fear, no volume

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... stuff of headlines. And speaking of headlines, last Friday's headlines were all about Wall Street rising because energy stocks gained, because oil prices jumped, because Reuters reported that Iranian shipments would drop by 300,000 barrels a day because ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
The Australian market has opened weaker with investors abandoning risk averse mining stocks. The local opening follows falls on international markets overnight after unexpectedly weak euro zone economic data and disappointing Chinese figures. At 1027 ...

Wobble gobbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... getting the hippy, hippy shake. Yes, Virginia, investors are seemingly unsure which way to go from here. Continue gobbling (stocks) or start wobbling. You'll get that same feeling when you look at Wall Street's performance over the past four days of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... economic news from Europe and China overshadows more positive data about the domestic US jobs market. LONDON - European stocks and the euro slid following unexpectedly weak eurozone economic data and after disappointing Chinese figures, analysts say. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... the June share price index futures contract was pointing to a 25-point rise at 4,289, with 13,617 contracts traded. US stocks closed mostly lower overnight after a mixed report on existing-home sales showed a rocky but improving recovery in the depressed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... scheduled to speak at the ASTRA 2012 conference in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed lower, with mining stocks suffering heavy falls as investors fretted over fresh signs of a slowing Chinese economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... trading, John Curtin, associate director with Patersons Securities, said. "You had commodities fall overnight so our commodity stocks have fallen today," he said. "BHP is leading the charge lower." Mining giant BHP Billiton fell 64 cents, or 1.81 per ...

No fear no greed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
"U.S. Stocks Fall as Commodities Decline on China Concern" -Bloomberg "Chinese growth concerns drag equities, $A lower" -Australian Financial Review "Investors Should Be Getting Out' of Stocks" -Bloomberg TV These were the Chicken Little headlines that ...