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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... points, with 61,325 contracts traded. Gains were posted in all sectors, including the heavyweight financial and resources stocks. ANZ was up 26 cents, or 1.18 per cent, at $22.37, Commonwealth Bank had gained 53 cents, or 1.1 per cent, to $48.90, National ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... 4,247.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index gained 48.3 points, or 1.13 per cent, to 4,336.5 points. NEW YORK - US stocks took off on Tuesday with the Dow zooming past the 13,000 mark driven by soaring bank shares, sparked by JPMorgan Chase's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... cents to $20.68, ANZ added 23 cents to $21.97 and Commonwealth Bank found 27.5 cents at $48.115. On Wall Street on Monday, stocks closed mixed ahead of a Federal Reserve policy board meeting that analysts hope will give them a better idea of where the ...

What Wen wants, Wen gets, when Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... Yes, they took extra care to impress on us all that it was only a softer tone. Really? Wall Street closed higher, European stocks were down, but by just a flimsy 0.04% (DJ/Euro Stoxx-50), the Nikkei-225 and the S&P/ASX 200 both fell by 0.4% - not outside ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had declined 12.3 points, or 0.29 per cent, to 4,288.2 points. NEW YORK - US stocks finished mixed Monday ahead of a Federal Reserve policy board meeting that analysts hope will provide a better picture ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
Australian stocks were slightly lower to noon as investors sat on their hands ahead of the release of a raft of US data. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.4 points, or 0.29 per cent, at 4,199.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

BlackRock appoints head of strategy group

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... has the potential to provide above average returns and manage risk, since alternatives tend not to move in tandem with stocks and bonds." BlackRock manages approximately US$105 bn in alternative assets globally, including hedge funds, private equity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... market on Friday finished almost one per cent stronger after a sharp slowing in China's inflation rate boosted resources stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 41 points, or 0.98 per cent, at 4,212 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... cent, at 4,171, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 27.7 points, or 0.65 per cent, at 4,262.1. NEW YORK - US stocks finished higher Thursday, led by a 1.2 per cent gain in the Nasdaq, buoyed by reports that Greece had achieved the minimum support ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... Jones Industrial Average firming 0.61 per cent to 12,837.33 points. They'd returned to risk assets, giving support to local stocks in most sectors, Mr Chatterton said. Fortescue Metals Group jumped 11 cents, or 2.07 per cent, to $5.42, while market heavyweight ...