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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... 1,961.79. Shanghai added 0.30 per cent, or 6.02 points, to 2,026.36 on the last day of the week's trading before a public holiday. Sydney was flat, nudging up 2.5 points to 5,489.1. WELLINGTON - The benchmark index rose 84.39 points, or 1.6 per cent ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... points, to 1,964.77 while Sydney lost 0.89 per cent, or 49.5 points, to finish at 5,486.6. Tokyo was closed for a public holiday. Shanghai rose 0.84 per cent, or 16.85 points, to 2,020.34 and Hong Kong added 1.45 per cent, or 321.36 points, to end at ...

Super fund custody 'fee holidays' revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... in a move to undercut the competition. Financial Standard understands that Citi, for example, provided an 18-month fee holiday to HOSTPLUS, whose business it won from J.P. Morgan in April last year. When contacted, Citi said the fee holiday only referred ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... Exports fell 18.1 per cent while imports were up 10.1 per cent during the month, which included most of the Lunar New Year holiday. Mr Shamu said the missing Malaysian aircraft was adding to a sombre mood, with people not knowing what was the cause of ...

Market wrap open

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... Exports fell 18.1 per cent while imports were up 10.1 per cent during the month, which included most of the Lunar New Year holiday. Mr Shamu said the missing Malaysian aircraft was adding to a sombre mood, with people not knowing what was the cause of ...

Traffic light trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
It's that time of the month again folks, that time when Market Economics conducts financial market traffic... and over the past 24 hours we got all three lights - red, amber and blue flashing. Red. The colour flashing for most Asian equity markets after ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... to open higher following a mixed performance on European markets with Wall Street closed for the Presidents' Day public holiday. At 0803 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 28 points at 5,373. In local economic news on ...

FEATURE: The cost of cash

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
Little more than two years ago, you wouldn't have to look very hard to find a 12-month term deposit paying you around 6%. But the hangover from the wildest commodity-fuelled party in Australia's history had to catch up eventually. Since then, the Reserve ...

CBA posts $4.27bn half year profit

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... than housing. But, he said, growth forecasts for developed economies had improved, consumer spending had grown over the holiday season and there was positive activity in the housing sector. "So all in all, we continue to assume that any improvements ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... 383.72 points, to 21,962.98 and Shanghai rose 0.84 per cent, or 17.60 points, to 2,103.67. Tokyo was closed for a public holiday. The latest gains indicate traders' nerves might have settled after the turmoil seen earlier in February when the Fed said ...