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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... fell as low as $US1.2974 - the lowest point since January 25 - on intensifying fears of a Greek default. HONG KONG - Asian stocks rose, shrugging off concerns about the eurozone's debt crisis as a batch of rosy US economic data buoyed investor sentiment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... Greece is heading towards default combined with a weak lead from Wall Street while lower commodity prices weighed on mining stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 71.5 points, or 1.68 per cent, at 4,181.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... Australian stockmarket opened one per cent lower in line with weakness on US markets amid continued uncertainty in Greece. US stocks ended in the red on Wednesday as concerns resurfaced that Greece was veering towards default after a debt bailout hit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... post first-half results. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed slightly higher on Wednesday, with financial sector stocks dragging it across the line in a late rally. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 10.6 points, or 0.25 per cent at 4,253.4 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... 4,242.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 40.5 points, or 0.93 per cent, to 4318.9 points. NEW YORK - Stocks finished roughly flat after a rally at the end of trading. The Dow Jones industrial average closed four points higher ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Australian stocks opened lower on Tuesday, with market players using the downgrade of three European countries as a catalyst to sell out of equities. At 1025 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 15.9 points, or 0.37 per cent, at 4,269.2 points ...

Smart investors buy productive assets: Buffett

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... choice will be to own them in their entirety -- but we will also be owners by way of holding sizable amounts of marketable stocks," he wrote.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... last year, and that 2012 will be a key year as emerging markets are set to top sales for the first time. NEW YORK - US stocks have opened higher after Greece's parliament voted for spending cuts over the weekend aimed at saving the country from bankruptcy. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... cents, or 1.25 per cent, to $26.79 and Perpetual falling 39 cents, or 1.75 per cent, to $21.92. Major resources and energy stocks were also mixed, with mining giant BHP Billiton gaining eight cents to $36.38, Rio Tinto down 29 cents to $69.69, and Woodside ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... Christchurch drives construction activity. The NZX 50 Index rose 21.39 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 3348.13. Within the index, 27 stocks rose, 14 fell and nine were unchanged. Turnover was $123 million, the third session in a row that turnover has been ...