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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... rebound allowed the S&P 500 to finish in the black, but the other indices counted small losses for the day after the morning trading hours registered strong gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 1.97 points, or 0.01 per cent, to finish at 12,502.81. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... nearly 2.5 per cent helped by an Apple surge, but Facebook shares flipped below their IPO price on their first full day of trading. Jumps in the prices of the Nasdaq's two largest companies - Apple and Google - drove the composite index higher. But trade ...

BlackRock appoints country head

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... positions including head of research, head of institutional equities, and management roles in strategy and proprietary trading. "The size and sophistication of the Australian market makes it a key area of focus for BlackRock Asia Pacific," said Mark ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... 73.11 points, to close at 12,369.38. It fell 3.5 per cent for the week. The Dow has now declined on 12 of the last 13 trading days. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 9.64 points to close at 1,295.22. The Nasdaq composite index fell 34.90 points, or ...

Facebook IPO price raises queries on value

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... business model, which incidentally shows sign of slowing down in last quarter," Barbi said. Facebook's stock will start trading on the tech-heavy Nasdaq on Friday morning, US time using the ticker symbol FB. Only a portion of the shares will be sold ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... cent to 2378.89. The Shenzhen Composite Index also gained 1.4 per cent to 954.95. Shares in brokerages, financial and trading-related companies led the gains. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 7 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 3521.51. Within the index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... points at 4,155. In economic news on Thursday, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia is expected to give a March quarter trading update, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics is expected to release data on average weekly time earnings for the three ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... said miners had taken the biggest hit on a day where no one has been spared, given all 20 stocks on the S&P/ASX20 were trading lower. "We are all suffering Greek indigestion at the moment," Mr Heffernan said. "You don't have to be Nostradamus to know ...

ASIC moves on insider trading

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
Insider trading and market manipulation charges are on the rise, according to ASIC, which gets 200 trade surveillance alerts indicating unusual trading activity each day. Deputy chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Belinda ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... local market players taking their cues from a poor night on Wall Street as the political gridlock in Greece dominated trading. At 1028 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 38 points, or 0.88 per cent, at 4,259.2 points, while the ...