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Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... (0.07 percent) to 2,521.28 and the S&P 500 was down 4.94 points (0.41 percent) to 1,188.04. Among the Dow's 30 blue chip stocks, oil and gas giant Chevron saw one of the biggest gains, up 0.7 per cent, as oil prices jumped. Oil prices were pushed higher ...

Dead calm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
This morning I woke up to Reuter's headline screaming, "Stocks slide on weak US growth data" and Bloomberg's "European Stocks Drop as Euro Area Borrowing Costs Rise; Commerzbank Slumps". What could have scared the equities markets off again this time ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
Australian shares fell, led by declines among gold and metals stocks and amid low turnover, after losses overnight on overseas markets. At 1215 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 30.1 points, or 0.72 per cent, at 4,132.9, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... local unit traded between 99.03 US cents and 98.30 US cents - the currency's lowest level since October 10. European and US stocks closed down sharply overnight amid an apparent failure to reach a deal on cutting the US budget deficit and to extend stimulus ...

Market Wrap- Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... closing price of $US1722.90. At 1224 AEDT, national turnover was 517.46 million shares worth $753.10 million, with 296 stocks up, 354 down and 319 unchanged. On Wall Street on Friday, markets closed mixed as the unresolved eurozone crisis and news of ...

Prettiest of them all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... European sovereigns). To date, developed market equities have lost more than 10% of their value at the beginning year, stocks in emerging markets lost 14.5% and the price of commodities are down 7.2%. Beautiful government bonds increased by 10.8% but ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... December share price index futures contract was down 58 points at 4,201, with 18,197 contracts traded. US and European stocks took a sharp plunge on Thursday amid concerns over feared contagion in the eurozone crisis. European stock markets fell as France ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... cent, at 4,258.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index lifted 10.3 points, or 0.24 per cent, to 4,324.1. NEW YORK - US stocks took a sharp plunge Thursday as fears over the contagion in the eurozone crisis trumped some mildly positive data on the US ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... local closing price of $US1,763.78. National turnover at AEDT was 711.3 million securities worth $1.49 billion, with 417 stocks down, 351 up and 322 unchanged. On Wall Street overnight, stocks fell heavily as investors fretted over the potential impact ...

Perpetual resources focus looks offshore

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
Perpetual Investment has reallocated its own global resources weighting offshore to take advantage of discounted stocks, while the volatility-proof commodity sector will continue to be resilient, said one portfolio manager. James Bruce, portfolio manager ...