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Afternoon market wrap: shares quiet in late trade

The Australian share market traded quietly in the afternoon session, with the All Ordinaries eventually finishing 7.6 points higher at 3,061.0. The advance was led by the banking and resources sectors, and followed gains overnight in US and European ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares open higher

The Australian share market opened sharply higher this morning, following solid gains Friday in US and European markets. At midday, the All Ordinaries had increased 27.4 points to 3,050.2. Advances were broadbased, including the major banks, major resource ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares sustain upward momentum

The All Ordinaries ended the day over 30 points higher, the index eventually finishing at 3,053.4. The gains followed strong advances Friday in US and European equity markets, and a rebound today in Japan's Nikkei 225. News Corporation led the local ...

Morning market wrap: US shares sharply lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2003
US stocks slumped Thursday, sparked by an earnings report from internet company Yahoo Inc. and news of a surge in jobless benefit claims in early July. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 120.2 points (1.3%) to 9,036.0, while the broader S&P 500 lost ...

Superannuation bill rejected by Labor

... redraft the bill to cut the contributions tax for all Australians was supported by the Australian Democrats, Australian Greens, One Nation and independent senator Meg Lees. Assistant Treasurer Helen Coonan rejected claims the measure was a tax cut for ...

Morning market wrap: Major indices all rise

Domestic shares will be buoyed by gains across all the major global indices yesterday following comments from US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan that were carefully supportive of an economic recovery. AMP and Tower shareholders will hoping that ...

Morning market wrap: Dow Jones ends losing streak

Shares in the US picked up 25.07 points on the Dow Jones index after US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan indicated to the US Congress' Joint Economic Committee that it would "not be unreasonable" to expect a pick-up in economic growth. Shares ...

Morning market wrap: Terror alert unnerves Wall St

The Dow Jones index recorded its third consecutive day of losses-albeit fractional-as the US government raised its terror alert to 'orange' following recent attacks in Saudi Arabia and Morocco. The warning came as Steve Kaseta, vice president of Boston-based ...

Morning market wrap: Mixed signals for US market

The Dow Jones finished slightly lower as investors were subjected to a barrage of mixed signals regarding US economic health. Disappointing earnings figures and manufacturing data indicating a second month of contraction dampened market sentiment. But ...

Hedge funds underperform broader indices in March: Hennessee

Hedge funds returned 0.62 per cent in March, lower than the broader equity market return of 1% on the S&P 500 index and 1.28% on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, according to the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index. Hedge funds have now returned 1.09% since ...