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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... strategist Stan Shamu said the Australian share market had had a subdued opening to Friday's trading session. "With the US market closed for that Thanksgiving holiday, there's not many leads out there to work off," Mr Shamu said. "Europe was firmer ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
Australian stocks are firmer, with gains in the resources sectors leading the broader market higher. At 1028 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 15 points, or 0.34 per cent, at 4,376.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... days. "These things feed on themselves a little bit... I guess we have a situation where our market has outperformed the US market since the presidential election, we haven't fallen as far," he told AAP. "Sometimes a bit of nervousness gets around and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after European stock markets rebounded as investors cheered positive company earnings and reacted to news of thousands of job cuts at Swiss bank UBS, despite a lull in trading caused by the monster US storm ...

Market Wrap

AMP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after a flat showing on Wall Street at the end of last week amid earnings disappointments tempered by a slightly better-than-expected estimate of economic growth in the third quarter. At 0745 AEDT on Monday ...

Market wrap late AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... had offset mixed overseas leads. "The local market has held up pretty well considering the recent volatility in the US market in particular," he said. "I think it's still a reaction to the cut in interest rates this month and the expectation of a further ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after European stocks close mixed and the US markets made modest gains following better-than-expected jobless claims and durable goods figures. At 0714 AEDT on Friday, the December share price ...

Russell ups risk in equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
Russell Investments has dumped five defensive stocks in its latest rebalance of its value index, anticipating growth in riskier assets. Russell reconstitutes the weightings to stocks in its Russell Australia High Value and Australia High Dividend indices ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after European equities fell on Friday, hit by a lack of rapid progress towards full EU banking union at a key summit and Wall Street's Nasdaq was pulled down more than two per cent by a tech stock rout ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on the European markets overnight on easing euro zone debt crisis concerns ahead of a two-day EU summit and Wall Street remained in positive territory. At 0810 AEDT on Thursday, the December ...