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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... economy is healing, bolstered by improving activity in the housing and manufacturing industries and better consumer sentiment. With stocks up more than 50 per cent since bottoming in early March, analysts say breaks in the rally are healthy. Meanwhile ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... finance data for July and ABS retail trade data for July is due out. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment for September will also be released. In equities, ABB Grain Ltd shareholders will meet to consider a scheme of arrangement ...

Fear not a rate rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... financial markets and the economy. This is evident in the corresponding pick up in business sentiment -- just as consumer sentiment reached two-year highs, so has business confidence. Whatever lingering bearish opinions that remain, are betrayed by current ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... on Friday after fresh data showed the eurozone was entering deflationary territory and a weak report on US consumer sentiment triggered renewed caution among traders. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index closed down 41.49 points, or 0.87 per cent, at 4,713.97. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
... its labour price index data for the June quarter, and the Westpac/Melbourne Institute issue their survey of consumer sentiment for August. On Tuesday, the Australian share market closed firmer with stronger banking stocks outweighing falls from the miners. ...

The times they are a'changin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... investors' impatience - the green shoots look like they're wilting. The preliminary Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index declined to 64.6 in July - worse than market expectations for a reading of 70 - from 70.8. While the result remains ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... price index contract was 62 points lower at 3,682. In economic news, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment for July and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) housing finance data for May are due. The Australian Office of Financial ...

Black or white - just beat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... cent) such as cars - a behaviour consistent with rising confidence. The final Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment was revised to a gain of 70.8 in June from the preliminary reading of 69.0 and 68.7 in the previous month. This is the highest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... trade as a decline in oil prices weighed on heavyweight oil majors and investors shrugged off disappointing consumer sentiment data. Trading volume and news flow were sparse ahead of the weekend. After swaying in and out of positive territory, the Dow ...

Confusion in the inflection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... These writings show that US consumer confidence is returning. The Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary consumer sentiment index increased to 67.9 in May from 65.1 in April. This is higher than expectations and up significantly from the 30-year ...

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