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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 24.4 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4,303. NEW YORK - Microsoft and IBM drove US stocks up on Friday after the tech giants reported stronger earnings than analysts had expected. The Dow Jones industrial rose ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... overnight, signalling growing investor confidence in the health of the indebted nation and boosting commodities prices. US stocks gave financials more positive leads after Bank of America and Morgan Stanley's results both topped analysts' forecasts and ...

Fund managers rate Aust equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... there will be relief rallies that could see markets materially higher by year end." Van Munster said that domestic cyclical stocks are suffering from the two-speed economy, the strong local dollar and structural changes resulting in stock values ranging ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... point since December 12. The broader All Ordinaries index was down two points, or 0.05 per cent, at 4,278.6.NEW YORK - US stocks were rising in early trading following strong bank earnings and a decline in applications for unemployment benefits. The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... Goldman Sachs was the first financial on Wall Street to outdo market expectations this earnings season also helped banking stocks. But investors remained cautious after official figures showed that Australia's unemployment rate remained flat at 5.2 per ...

Volatile markets spark innovation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... portfolio management analytics at MSCI. "As a manager you need to understand ongoing risk on a daily basis including which stocks in the portfolio represent a particular risk as well as factoring in issues such as price momentum and the market beta that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... see a slump in profits because of a record number of natural disasters in 2011. The news added to pressure on financial stocks, which shed 0.3 per cent after poor results from Citigroup added to weak earnings from JP Morgan last week on Wall Street to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... its second quarter production report and OZ Minerals Ltd its fourth quarter production report. In Australia on Tuesday, stocks closed at their highest level in five weeks after better than expected Chinese economic growth buoyed already optimistic investor ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
Miners and energy stocks have added around one per cent to Australian shares after a successful French debt auction and good production results boosted risk appetite. Shares extended early gains driven by a strong sale of French treasury bills overnight ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... share price index futures contract was down 50 points at 4,130, with 9,807 contracts traded. Miners, energy and retail stocks led the market lower on Monday morning after metals and oil prices fell offshore and investors dropped riskier bets. Fortescue ...