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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... debt crisis. The local market took less than half an hour to move into positive territory at the open, despite Wall Street stocks closing in the red on Friday after a credit downgrade on Italy and Spain. Shares moved higher in early trade, and by 1200 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... expected the Australian dollar to trade in a range between 96.00 US cents and 98,20 cents on Monday. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks on Friday closed in the red after a credit downgrade on Italy and Spain snuffed out a rally on better-than-expected US ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... portfolios and, hopefully, we'll see more buying in the next few weeks." Locally, gains were broad-based, with about five stocks rising for every one that fell. The materials sector was the strongest on the market, rising 2.5 per cent. Among the miners ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... 3.65 per cent to 4,069.9 and the broader All Ordinaries index up 139.6 points, or 3.5 per cent, at 4,132.1. NEW YORK - US stocks put on solid gains Thursday, helped by more confidence in banks and the retail sector and in Europe's push to ensure its ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... sign of institutional participation in the market. It's a very common tactic - they buy futures first and then rotate into stocks they actually favour," he said. Mr McCarthy said the energy and resource sectors had raced back from losses earlier this ...

Islamic fund opens doors to Australian investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... will then be filtered for investment returns by a sub-advisory team from Sigma Advisory to create a portfolio of 20-40 stocks. If a company derives more than 5% of its profit from a business that does not comply with Islamic principles it is disregarded. ...

Rewarding wishful thinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... months or so. Fortunately, it seems that Wall Street's stronger finish last night is not the result of wishful thinking. US stocks may have ended less than their European counterparts overnight, but at least they have hard, solid evidence to back their ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... firmly in the black after a similar surge on Wall Street and higher commodities prices boosted resources and financial stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 54.4 points, or 1.4 per cent, at 3,926.5 while the broader All Ordinaries index added ...

AMP Capital rides high on global infra demand

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... services can be potentially rewarded with attractive investment returns." The global infrastructure securities team focuses on stocks that generate the majority of income from the ownership and operation of infrastructure assets, in diverse infrastructure ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 44 points at 3,940 with 10,831 contracts traded. US stocks bounced back after a dramatic see-saw session on Tuesday following a report that EU ministers were looking at possible plans ...