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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Australian markets have received no lead from Wall Street, closed as US markets were for Thanksgiving. At 0746 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, however, the December Share Price Index futures contract was up 32 points at 3,600. In economic news ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher today as Wall Street heads into the Thanksgiving holiday in positive territory. At 0800 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was up 126 points at 3,691. ...

Ho hum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... its once biggest bank - Citigroup. More likely, the Australian stock market was just following the random walk on Wall Street, where the night before the S&P 500 Index surged by 6.5 per cent. Investors are supposed to be rational. But it could be a bit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... cent, to 3,623.4, while the broader All Ordinaries index jumped 186.6 points, or 5.51 per cent, to 3,575.4. NEW YORK - Wall Street made modest gains, with news that the US Federal Reserve plans to pump up to $US800 billion ($A1.23 trillion) into the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... per cent, at 3425.1 while the broader All Ordinaries had lifted 1.9 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 3388.8. NEW YORK - Wall Street recorded its first two-day gain since October 31, as investors reacted positively to the US government's plan to take a $20 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
... Australian share market was half a per cent lower at noon, with losses in the financial sector despite a strong lead from Wall Street on Friday. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 20.1 points, or 0.59 per cent, at 3396.4 while the ...

Innovators, imitators and idiots

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
... cash flow, setting them up for big falls in 2009. The frenzy, reported by Barron's, a newsletter published by the Wall Street Journal, was because junior endowment funds were rushing to lift their timber allocations from 9 to 11 per cent. For current ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger on the back of a strong rally on Wall Street on Friday. At 0656 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was up 103 points at 3,535. In news on Monday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in the red after Wall Street fell overnight again. At 0829 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was down 163 points at 3,235. In news this Thursday, federal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... cent, at 3,499.63 while the broader All Ordinaries index shed 29.9 points, or 0.85 per cent, to 3,483.23. NEW YORK - Wall Street hit levels not seen since 2003, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling below the 8,000 mark, as the fate of Detroit's ...