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Daily economic update

Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show that sales of new motor vehicles rose by 2.6 per cent to 83,728 units in January following a 0.8 per cent increase in December. High petrol prices continue to take their toll on sales of sports utility vehicles ...

Daily economic update

Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show that sales of new motor vehicles rose by 0.8 per cent to 81,096 units in December. Sales of sports utility vehicles rose by 8.1 per cent during the month, sales of 'other' vehicles increased by 1 per cent ...

Daily Economic Update

Australian car buyers continue to feel the pinch of higher petrol prices. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today reported that sales of new motor vehicles dropped by 6.7 per cent in October. Sales across all vehicle types posted declines during ...

HOSTPLUS grows 33 per cent

... addition, the fund reported "significant growth" from being added as the default fund for many employers in areas such as sport and club management, including Melbourne Storm, Tennis Australia and Collingwood Football Club's management. Elia puts this ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2005
SYDNEY - The Australian share market is likely to open slightly firmer,pushing to fresh record highs as the market continues to benefit from positive resource news and a generally upbeat sentiment. Precious and base metals made gains overnight, as well ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2005
SYDNEY - The Australian share market is likely to open slightly firmer as US markets recovered ground late in the session as it became clear that Hurricane Rita would not have the same impact as Katrina. However, with softer precious and base metals ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2005
The Australian share market is likely to open firmer as a surge across the commodities board is likely to underpin gains from the resources sector. While US markets were weaker overnight, a surge in oil, base metal and precious metal prices should provide ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2005
The Australian share market is likely to open slightly firmer, continuing with its move into fresh record highs as a sharp increase in oil prices is likely to flow through to resource stocks domestically. Resources have suffered over the last week as ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2005
The Australian share market is likely to open weaker as softer oil prices, mixed base metals and a poor offshore lead combine to weigh on the local bourse. Also, with a dearth of major news events expected today, the market is likely to drift in a narrow ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2005
The Australian share market is likely to open broadly unchanged as a benign lead from US markets, coupled with improving base metals and softer oil prices, provides a mixed picture for the local market going forward. However, there are a number of stock-specific ...