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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... points to 5976 on volume of 10,484 contracts. The big miners were mixed after a simular performance from base metals in London on Friday. BHP Billiton was down two cents to $38.28, Alumina had shed 10 cents to $6.13 but Rio Tinto was up 20 cents to $125.80. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... open lower today after the United States and other world markets -- apart from Germany -- suffered falls on Friday. In London on Friday, base metal prices generally were higher. At 0824 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... lower today after US stocks fell on scepticism about a plan by global central banks to revitalise credit markets. Metals in London were lower overnight. At 0809 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was down 2 points to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
... Street as US stocks rose after the Federal Reserve and other central banks sought to ease a global credit crunch. Metals in London were mixed overnight. At 0820 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was up four points to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
... points, or 2.53 per cent, at 1,477.59. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 63.5 points, or 2.38 per cent, at 2,655.45. LONDON - UK stocks fell as a slide in banking shares overshadowed a rally in mining group Xstrata, which was buoyed by fresh bid speculation. ...

Aussie manager wins global resources award

... First State Global Asset Management's global resources team, received the award at the Mines and Money conference held in London last month. The award is given to the fund manager who performed well during the past twelve months with the candidates judged ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 11.34 points (0.75 per cent) to 1,516.00, on preliminary closing numbers. LONDON - UK stocks rose in a choppy session as banks got a boost from UBS getting a cash injection after admitting to more subprime ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
... closed down 2.68, or 0.18 per cent, to 1,504.66 and the Nasdaq Composite Index slipped 2.87, or 0.11 per cent, to 2,706.16. LONDON - UK stocks held onto earlier gains as banks felt the benefit of an interest rate cut, miners rose thanks to consolidation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... 18.78 points, or 1.28 per cent, at 1,481.57. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 45.02 points, or 1.72 per cent, at 2,664.85. LONDON - Britain's top share index jumped 2.83 per cent as a flurry of data boosted the chances of a rate cut at the Bank of England's ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

... thereafter to be absolutely certain where it is," said Ian Harris, head of product development at HSBC Securities Services in London, in a proxy voting report. Chad Spitler, associate director in corporate governance and proxy at Barclays Global Investors ...