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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... Australian shares have opened half a percentage point weaker as falling commodity prices hit mining stocks, and banking shares rally. The local market has followed Wall Street lower, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the broad-based S&P 500 and ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... Australian stocks were marginally weaker at noon as a fall in the Australian dollar encourages investors to sell banking shares. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said offshore selling of high-yielding stocks continued as the Australian dollar ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... forecast and slashed another 113 jobs. Its shares were down 27.5 cents, or 21.57 per cent, to $1.00 at 1203 AEST. Banking shares were also down but, Mr Russell said, that was due to investors taking profits. Commonwealth Bank lost $1.17 to $72.32, Westpac ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... in Paris the CAC 40 was 0.22 per cent higher at 3,945.20 points. Madrid slumped 1.01 per cent, dragged lower by banking shares, and Milan lost 0.65 per cent. The euro rose to 132.40 yen - the highest level since January 2010. It later stood at 132.06 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... percent to 3,907.04 points in thin trading. In Madrid, the Ibex 35 was 0.48 percent lower at 8,503.8 points, with banking shares leading the way down. The euro dipped to $US1.3067 from $US1.3116 late on Friday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... cent) to 3,204.67. The losses came after a disappointing earnings report from Bank of America sent it and other banking shares lower. Apple also fell considerably after a supplier slashed its profit guidance, suggesting, analysts said, slow iPhone and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... and in Paris the CAC 40 jumped 2.72 per cent to 3292.51 points. Elsewhere, Milan soared 3.68 per cent driven by banking shares, Madrid rose 2.28 per cent, Zurich 1.23 per cent and Amsterdam 2.34 per cent. In foreign exchange trading, the European single ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... said the economy had performed better than expected in recent months. European markets rose, lifted by gains for banking shares as the European Central Bank offered up cheap loans to lenders across the eurozone, boosting the euro. "There's nothing really ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... fell 3.17 per cent, Madrid 1.98 per cent, Lisbon 2.21 per cent, Amsterdam 2.52 per cent and Zurich 1.69 per cent. Banking shares were the biggest losers on worries over lenders' large exposure to Greek debt. In Paris, Societe Generale was down almost ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... gained 2.19 per cent, Madrid 2.53 per cent, Lisbon 0.63 per cent, Zurich 1.06 per cent and Brussels 0.83 per cent. Banking shares had led a morning plunge, but recovered in a big way. At the close, Societe Generale climbed nearly 15.0 per cent, and BNP ...