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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said he expected the benchmark index to close at a new year-to-date high when trading ended at 1615 AEDT. "We will be strong," Mr Smith said. "I think there are absolutely good reasons to buy in the market." Metals ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... Milan in early trade, but nearly clawed back to positive territory, ending the day down 0.56 per cent to 7,805 points. Trading elsewhere edged upwards at the close with London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies 0.12 per cent higher at 5,921.63 points ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
The Australian market has opened flat as trading volumes start to thin out heading into the festive season. At 1037 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 4.6 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 4,556.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... 12.3 points, or 0.27 per cent, to 4,515.7. NEW YORK - Wall Street wobbled between small gains and losses in afternoon trading Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 13 points at 13,047 heading into the final hour of trade. The Standard & Poor's ...

Manual corporate actions processing costly: DST

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... Harries. "According to the Oxera report1, the operational and reputational risk to firms' front offices from sub-optimal trading decisions is estimated to be as much as A$5 billion globally." He notes that errors can occur anywhere in the corporate actions ...

Insider trading gets former J.P. Morgan staffer jail

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... Rietbergen, of Kensington, NSW gave confidential information to her friend Joseph Levi, of Surry Hills, NSW, in an insider trading scheme that netted over $24,000. In December last year Rietbergen, a one-time relationship services associate with J.P. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... 20 basis points in response to the central bank move. Making news, free-to-air broadcaster Ten Network has gone into a trading halt ahead of an expected capital raising. Ten last traded at 32.5 cents. Still to come, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

More risk checks needed for super fund equities

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... especially since many are often making off-market, illiquid bets that they shouldn't be given the size of their fund and trading style, he said. Right now there is plenty of liquidity in the market but that does not mean it can not become an issue again ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... Frankfurt's DAX 30 gained 0.4 per cent to 7,435.21 points and the Paris CAC 40 added 0.26 per cent to 3,566.59. In intraday trading, Frankfurt hit its highest point since July 8, 2011, while Paris reached its highest level so far this year. The launch ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
Australian stocks have opened firmer, with gains among mining-related companies among the early highlights in quiet trading conditions. At 1035 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 12.8 points, or 0.28 per cent, at 4,518.8 points, while the ...