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Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... you kid, and kid you're not looking good. A weaker-than-expected US non-farm payrolls report released during the Easter break punctuated a week of not so good news for the equity markets, re-igniting the uncertainty over America's and the wider world's ...

No time for FOFA impact statement: OBPR

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... executive director for Treasury said, "the fact of the matter is OBPR ran out of time." "This occurred during the Easter break, the [draft] regulatory impact statements were prepared, the government wished to introduce legislation; there was insufficient ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... Australian banking sector. On Thursday, the Australian share market closed more than one per cent higher heading into the Easter break, with gold and energy stocks outperforming the index after commodity prices climbed overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Indicators are strong for the last day of local trading before the five-day Easter break, with robust, positive leads from trading offshore overnight in securities and commodities. At 0715 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... bright start on Tuesday, with local investors expected to be buoyed by positive US economic data published over the Easter break. Figures out on Friday night (Australian time) showed the US economy gained 162,000 jobs in March, which was the largest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... cover its debt and budget deficits also helped dampen markets which also were beginning to wind down ahead of the Easter break. The benchmark FTSE 100 index closed up 7.32 points, 0.13 per cent, at 5,679.64 points. FRANKFURT - The DAX 30 closed up 11.1 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
... WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket closed more than one per cent higher on Tuesday as it returned to work after the Easter break. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed up 28.67 points, or 1.1 per cent, at 2599.82.

Away for Easter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... The overriding reason is perhaps many investors, traders and speculators have already hanged their hats for their Easter break to do battle again after Christ's resurrection. To explain this, just look at the volume of trade in the S&P last night. A ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... Exchange, the March share price index contract was 100 points lower at 5195. Local news today is light ahead of the Easter break, with no major company news expected. Gold and nickel exploraor Southern Cross Goldfields Ltd (ASX: SXG) lists on the Australian ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
... sales outlook in April. The Hang Seng Index lost 39.24 points to end at 20,340.97,rising 131.36 points since the Easter break. WELLINGTON - The benchmark NZSX-50 index was down 3.80 points to 4164.30 after a week that saw the index fluctuate.