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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... rose 44.73 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 12,491.61. The Nasdaq composite rose 15.01 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 2,796.92. Stocks also took a hit in the afternoon when House Speaker John Boehner called into question whether lawmakers would agree to raise ...

US Fed hints at QE3

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... will probably happen if the US economy does slow down further," he said. Cullens said he expects good value cyclical US stocks to outperform in the second half of the calendar year, with US interest rates kept low despite rising inflation. "We actually ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... the Federal Reserve might consider more economic stimulus wasn't enough to keep bad news about Ireland from sinking US stocks. Ireland's government bonds were downgraded by ratings agency Moody's to junk status shortly before US markets closed, sending ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... is uncertainty, and when you get uncertainty you get markets falling." Mr Bishop said despite the doom and gloom, coal stocks shone through as the best performers of the morning. "In the middle of all that we have some exciting things happening in our ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... 4,582.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell 69.2 points, or 1.47 per cent, to 4,646.8 points. NEW YORK - US stocks plummeted as worry about Europe's worsening debt crisis clouded markets already weaker after Friday's poor United States ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... that perhaps I'm better off managing my own money than giving it to somebody else." Disappointing US jobs figures caused stocks to sell off on Wall Street. The negative lead weighed on the local market, causing it to hand back the gains it made on Friday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... market is set to open lower today on weak offshore leads and the impact of the federal government's carbon tax on specific stocks. At 0804 AEST, the local September share price index futures contract is 40 points lower at 4,600, indicating a fall on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... $51.53, and Westpac was up five cents at $21.92. National turnover was 474.2 million shares worth $755 million, with 516 stocks up, 186 down and 289 were unchanged.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... chairman Peter Smedley addresses an Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Adelaide. On Thursday, Australian stocks ended flat as gains in the retail sector were offset by losses caused by uncertainty over the government's carbon price plans. ...

BetaShares targets active ETF traders

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... to capitalise on a sideways moving market, benefiting from index and sector performance rather than that of individual stocks. "BetaShares sector ETFs have benefited from high levels of liquidity including tight buy-sell spreads and sufficient levels ...