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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... per cent higher at noon on the back of stronger commodity prices, gains in the resources sector and a good lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 82 points, or 1.95 per cent, at 4,297.1, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher today after Wall Street advanced as voting proceeded in the United States in hope the next president will act on the financial crisis. At 0749 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open flat today after a mixed performance on Wall Street on Monday. At 0803 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was down six points at 4,170. In economic news ...

October mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... decisions determined entry and exit into equities, currencies, bonds and commodities - and this was changing by the day. Wall Street fell after the US Federal Reserve brought the fed funds rate down by 50 basis points to 1 per cent -equal to its lowest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher today after Wall Street rallied on Friday. At 0742 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was up 50 points at 4,086. In economic news today, the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... Bank fell 49 cents to $39.70. Westpac lost 22 cents to $20.08, while St George slipped 16 cents to $26.84. Overnight, Wall Street rose in a stable session despite data showing the US economy shrank in the third quarter. The Dow Jones closed up 189.73 ...

It's the war, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... reigns and uncertainty rules, it's the war that is lending a helping hand. The US Federal Reserve was unable to appease Wall Street yesterday with its 50 basis point reduction in the fed funds rate. But Wall Street climbed again last night following ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... The Australian share market is expected to open flat to positively today after commodity prices fell overnight and Wall Street posted what were, by the end of the day, reasonable gains. At 0715 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... 3,958 on a volume of 16,085 contracts. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the market saw Wall Street's overnight performance as "workmanlike" after its eleven per cent gain the previous day. A last-minute dive on the Dow ...

Seesaw Margery Daw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
'See Saw Margery Daw Johnny Wall Street shall have a new master He It shall earn but a penny a day Because he the Fed can't work any faster.' The market giveth and the market taketh away. Isn't it funny how yesterday's big rally on Wall Street was attributed ...