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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... initial market reaction to the GDP (gross domestic product) figures was positive but then tapered off. "It (the headline GDP figure) is a good read but there are questions underlying it that suggest that a lot of things are still the same," Mr Lucas ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
Australian shares have fallen as China's economic growth numbers continue to weigh on the market. With US markets closed for the Martin Luther King Jr public holiday, investors are taking their cues from Chinese gross domestic product (GDP) data, Invast ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after a mixed result on Wall Street and European markets amid heightening concerns of yet another Greek bailout. At 0755 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was up nine points ...

It's just plain dumb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... thing anyone would trade Australia's growth numbers - actual and predicted - for America's 2.5% third quarter real GDP figure and 2.0% 2013 forecast (if it doesn't fall over the cliff) nor for Europe's contraction last quarter, this year and the next. ...

Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
It's her birthday and she'll cry if she wants to. Economic growth of 0.6% in the June quarter and 3.7% over the year marked exactly 21 years since Australia last experienced a recession. Yes folks, a year and 20! America has had 2 since then - Q1 to ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
The bulls - already dwindling in numbers by the day - must now be starting to find religion as the only means of delivering them from eternal damnation - in the financial sense, of course. For this time, Virginia, the sky does really look like it's ...

Nice one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
As with most stock markets the world over, the Australian equity market has gotten off to a good start in the New Year despite gloomy expectations surrounding the global outlook and indications of weakening in the domestic economy. With only two trading ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
The Australian dollar was lower against most major currencies on Wednesday morning, weighed down by weak trade figures released on Tuesday. At 0700 (AEST) on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 106.72 US cents, down from 107.03 cents on ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
The Australian dollar was higher at noon, as news that Japan had fallen into a technical recession failed to spook currency traders. At 1200 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at 106.51 US cents, up from 106.24 cents on Wednesday. Since 0700 AEST ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
The Australian dollar was trading about half a US cent lower at noon, as concerns over Australia's economic recovery continue. At 1200 AEDT on Friday, the local unit was trading at 98.99 US cents, down from 99.50 cents on Thursday. Since 0700 AEDT on ...