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Morning Market Wrap: Busy day expected; Dollar bounces overnight

... share market, encouraging news from the US helped stocks close in positive territory, led by the resources sector and News Corp. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index rose 13.9 points to 3217.2 while the all ordinaries gained 17.2 points to 3222.9. In NEW ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Flat trading for NSW, SA and ACT public holiday

... over the weekend helped the Australian share market close in positive territory today, led by the resource sector and News Corp. The gains came on relatively flat trading attributable to public holidays in NSW, South Australia and the ACT. The benchmark ...

Midday Market Wrap:Tokyo opens high; ASX subdued

... from Wall St and rose at the open, but trade was subdued with holidays in NSW, South Australia and ACT for Labour Day. News Corp and major resources pushed the bourse higher, while gold stocks tumbled after a slump in the price of the precious metal ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Quiet end to ASX week

... new European investment fund yesterday. Financial services group AMP dropped nine cents to $6.60. Media conglomerate News Corp also dragged indices lower, giving up 12 cents to $11.97 and its preferred scrip down 16 cents at $9.93. Japanese share prices ...

Afternoon market wrap: $A rockets to five-and-a-half year high

... Yesterday, the index fell 10.52 points, or 0.1 percent. The Australian share market fell today, led by market heavyweight News Corp and resource stocks, which slumped in response to strong gains by the Australian dollar. ABN Amro Morgans senior client ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries close higher, Tower shares rise

... slump but analysts said the local bourse lacked real zip and direction. Major banks and resources stocks were mixed, News Corp was down and Telstra was up. "It's been fairly unexciting - there's been no dramatic moves," Intersuisse equities manager Andrew ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ords recover from opening losses

... percent, from Friday. The Australian share market recovered early losses but still closed down today, as key resources and News Corp lifted the bourse but gold stocks slumped. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed 7.2 points lower at 3164.3 and the ...

Midday market wrap: Local stocks edge lower

Australian shares traded lower in the morning session, following further losses Friday in major overseas markets. US markets have continued to slide on fears third quarter earnings results will fall short of investor expectations. Locally, the market ...

Midday market wrap: All Ords gain value despite exports fears

... exports, the All Ordinaries rose 20.5 points or 0.639 per cent in trading this morning. The shares of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, Kerry Packer's PBL and Fairfax all lifted in trading today. Telstra and Optus shares also rose in value, but the retail ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares offer mixed performances

... mixed among the big four banks, while among other key stocks Telstra made a slight gain and BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and News Corp were down. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 12.4 points weaker at 3180.6, while the all ordinaries index fell 13.0 points ...