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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... when the US Treasury says it will run out of funds, lawmakers in Washington remain short of a compromise debt plan. US stocks ended mixed in overnight trade, as nervous markets awaited a resolution to the debt-limit standoff. Austock Securities senior ...

Debt and small caps broaden emerging market value

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... market equities because they sell at around a 15-20% discount relative to developed markets." Hoguet said that small cap stocks, frontier markets, local currency debt, real estate and even private equity would play a key part in emerging markets assuming ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... cent, to 4,463.8, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 73.4 points, or 1.59 per cent, at 4,539.2. NEW YORK - US stocks ended mixed on Thursday, as nervous markets awaited a resolution to the debt-limit standoff in Washington, with the deadline ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... Billiton lost 74 cents, or 1.72 per cent, to $42.26, and Rio Tinto fell $1.24, or 1.5 per cent, to $81.35. Banks and financial stocks lost ground, with the big four banks led lower by Westpac, which fell 28 cents, or 1.33 per cent, to $20.74. Telstra ...

DC theatrics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... because the players are still waiting for the other side to blink. TheAge dot com's headline this morning says it all, "US stocks hammered by debt doubts". If you want to get the true reading of the financial market's pulse over this debt issue - there's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... said ongoing concerns about the US debt-ceiling deadlock were also dragging the market down. On Wall Street on Tuesday, stocks fell as the White House said it would object to a Republican plan in the House of Representatives that calls for raising the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is expected to decline after US stocks fell on a White House threat to veto legislation that would avert a US debt default. But Australian resource stocks may gain after the price of metals and oil rose. At 0826 AEST on the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
Australian stocks were higher at noon, despite the failure by the United States to resolve its debt-ceiling stalemate, which dragged Wall Street lower overnight. At 1200 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 30.5 points, or 0.67 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... issues full year results, and Petsec Energy Ltd and Oil Search Ltd issue quarterly production reports. On Monday, Australian stocks suffered broad-based selling in line with Asian markets on fears the US government will fail to reach agreement on raising ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... this right to the end or will common sense prevail? That's my question." Among the poorer performing sectors was energy stocks, down 1.63 per cent according to Iress data, while financials stocks had backpedalled 1.1 per cent. Industrials, another big ...