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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
The Australian share market reversed direction to rise slightly higher to noon on Wednesday, boosted by the major banks. At 1202 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 20.3 points, or 0.43 per cent, higher at 4,704.2 points, while the broader All ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
The Australian market is expected to open lower on Tuesday, following falls on Wall Street in both commodities and equities. On the ASX 24 at 0735 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 16 points lower at 4,653. In economics news on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
The Australian stock market has opened more than one per cent lower following a weak result in the US on Friday night and as Westpac shares went ex-dividend. US stocks ended the week mired in red on Friday as investors shrugged off US inflation and ...

Leveraged ETF risk laid bare

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Morningstar's co-head of fund research Tim Murphy caused a stir at the research firm's investment conference when he showed the risks of US-style synthetic ETFs at a panel session in Sydney on Friday. Tom Keenan of iShares Australia and Graham Smith ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
The Australian market is likely to decline on Monday after US equities fell about one per cent and the price of gold and some base metals declined. At 0734 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was down 35 points at 4,678 points. ...

ASIC draft moves FEX closer to reality

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released a new draft paper, further cementing the Financial and Energy Exchange (FEX) bid for a licence and the possibility of another ASX competitor. The FEX is an unlisted Australian public company ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
The Australian market has recovered slightly in opening trade on Friday, following a recovery on Wall Street in both commodities and equities. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 4.5 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 4,700.8 points, while the broader All ...

TOWER completes share sale

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Life insurer TOWER Australia announced that shares held by the company and its shareholders have now been transferred to TAL Dai-ichi Life Group. TOWER, which will be renamed TAL in November, said in a statement to the ASX that shareholders will be ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
The Australian share market was firmly in the red at noon as resources stocks fell following a drop in commodity prices and a weak lead from Wall Street. At 1202 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 71.2 points, or 1.49 per cent, at 4,709 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
The Australian market is expected to open lower on Thursday, following heavy falls on Wall Street overnight in both commodities prices and equities. On the ASX 24 at 0718 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 56 points lower at 4,729. ...