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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... Australia's (RBA) interest rate decision due at 1430 AEDT, despite a weak lead from Wall Street. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said the strong prospects of some more interest rate relief from the central bank prior to Christmas had supported ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... index futures contract was 18 points higher at 4,438 points, with 4,688 contracts traded. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said talk of an early election had kept the local market subdued in early trade. "The screen is full of perhaps an early ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... index futures contract was two points lower at 4,443 points, with 8,656 contracts traded. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said there would not be much life in the market over the coming days, ahead of the US elections and a Melbourne Cup day ...

Market wrap late AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... closing lower amid some weak US corporate earnings results and soft commodities prices. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said the expiry of exchange traded equity options on the Australian Securities Exchange later on Thursday had offered the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... $33.53, Rio was four cents firmer at $55.74 and Woodside had climbed 22 cents to $33.80. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said there was a shift towards these big resources companies as the local market consolidated recent gains. "There is a switch ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... market opened on a positive note as investors looked past a mixed lead from Wall Street. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said RBA's decision on Tuesday to lower the cash rate to 3.25 per cent, from 3.5 per cent previously, was continuing to support ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... gained 1.87 per cent, the S&P500 advanced 2.04 per cent and the NASDAQ rose 2.17 per cent. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said the positive news from offshore markets had provided the catalyst for investors to have enough conviction to buy. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... writedowns on some of its assets in Australia and Japan. Toll was down eight cents at $4.47. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said the transport sector was often the first indicator of economic trends. "Toll's saying things are not looking good ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... cent) and the financial sector (down 0.75 per cent) also were having a bad day. Bell Potter Securities senior adviser Stuart Smith said worries about debt-ridden Greece and a weak economic growth outlook from a Westpac-Melbourne Institute report were ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... index futures contract was 10 points lower at 4,291 points, with 12,329 contracts traded. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said it was a quiet start on the local market as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of the release of Chinese data ...