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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... Their inflation numbers were all driven by energy prices and that market got hit really hard because of that," he said. Mr Weston said a soft lead from US stock on Friday had also contributed to the lacklustre start for the local shares, while China's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... would now be allowed to set their own lending rates, in a move many hope will provide some stimulus for the economy. Mr Weston said the move had provided a "psychological boost" for the market. "I don't see it as a major move in itself but it shows the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... $55.40. "The materials sector has really been finding the love, and it's been a space that's been so unloved for awhile," Mr Weston said. Fortescue shares were up 11 cents to $3.56, while gold miner Newcrest had gained 49 cents, or 4.41 per cent, to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... cents after it sacked chief executive James Warburton and replaced him with News Corporation executive Hamish McLennan. Mr Weston said the rise in the stock could be because Mr McLennan's appointment could point to a possible takeover bid for Ten by ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... value in punished mining stocks. "The lead from overseas was lacklustre, but we're seeing a lot of short covering," Mr Weston said. US stocks closed flat on the eve of a crucial European Central Bank (ECB) policy meeting amid hopes for action to stem ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... focus on iron ore prices and whether the slowdown in China is going to have reverberations in our mining industry," Mr Weston said. "Defensive stocks are doing well, and any stocks with a steady income stream are doing okay at the moment, but the real ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... they will do something on the bond-buying front but be quite loose about the details, and not say when it will start," Mr Weston told AAP. "I think trading will be in tight ranges here (in Australia) with materials and energy stocks thrown around the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... Reserve on Wednesday night and the European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday, he said. "We've followed the US last night," Mr Weston said. "Markets are now pricing in some aggressive responses in Europe and if we don't get them, because the Germans are ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... market is down a touch today and if we see further declines there we'll probably likely see a modest flow through," Mr Weston said. "I see limited upside from our market. We're not really taking any cues from anywhere today." He said the local market ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... now, it's all about growth in China for us and growth everywhere in world, which is a breeding ground for equities," Mr Weston told AAP. "It's quite a bleak picture about China right now to be honest but I still sit in the camp that China will get its ...