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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had dropped 34.5 points, or 0.79 per cent, to 4,354.5 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed mixed on Monday, to end just shy of 13,000 after earlier breaching the milestone level. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... spiel to surmise what it's all about, the headlines will do. "S&P 500 Rises to Highest Level Since 2008" (Bloomberg) "US STOCKS-S&P 500 posts highest close in nearly four years" (Reuters) "S&P 500 closes near four-year high" (Australian Financial Review) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... Australia, the market ended last week on a high note after a positive lead from Wall Street, with financial and mining stocks driving gains. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index broke through the 4,300 point resistance level for the first time since early ...

Hong Kong the pick for Perennial property

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... development at the time. "We saw values continue to fall and what I saw a number of my peers doing was looking particularly at US stocks like general growth and then saying real estate is just getting cheaper and cheaper." The subsequent continuation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... Mr Speizer said he expected the Australian dollar to trade as high as 107.50 US cents on Friday. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks opened lower after retailers reported disappointing earnings and computer maker Hewlett-Packard issued a weak profit forecast ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... for the previous corresponding period. "Certainly Origin has stepped on the gas.... and it's one of the better performing stocks," Mr Heffernan said. Origin Energy's shares were 31 cents firmer, or 2.25 per cent, at $14.10 by 1039 AEDT. Meanwhile, Fairfax ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... points, while the broader All Ordinaries index edged up 3.9 points, or 0.09 per cent, to 4,372.1 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower following disappointing eurozone data that added to signs of recession in the debt-wracked region. The Dow Jones ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... recent strong gains. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 21.74 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 3337.31. Within the index, 37 stocks rose, eight fell and five were unchanged. Turnover was $79 million.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... was at Y79.47 from Y79.17. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 rose 26.56 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 3315.57. Within the index, 32 stocks rose, eight fell and 10 were unchanged. Turnover was $NZ47.8 million ($A37.46 million), with a US public holiday on Monday ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
Australian stocks were more than one per cent higher at noon, with the energy and resources sector leading the broader market higher. A firmer oil price during weekend offshore trading, as well as news China had lowered its reserve banking requirements ...