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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
The Australian stock market has opened slightly higher after the New York stock exchange closed on a flat trading day. At 1020 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.5 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,311.8 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after a seesaw session overnight on Wall Street, which ended flat, uninspired by modestly promising US jobs and trade data. At 0745 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
Australian shares opened slightly higher as the resources sector posts gains after Rio Tinto predicted China would have a quick recovery in its pace of growth. At 1014 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 12.8 points, or 0.3 per ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher. At 0800 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up six points at 4,287. In economic news on Thursday, the Austalian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is due to release July's Labour ...

Brierley bids for wound-down scheme

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
A corporate raider has made a bid for Adelaide Managed Funds Asset Banked Yield Trust, a managed investment scheme in wind-down mode. Mercantile Investments is offering 5.5 cents per share in the fund - for the 87% of units that it does not already ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
Australian shares opened slightly higher following gains on Wall Street and Europe. At 1016 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 12.1 points, or 0.28 per cent, at 4,303.7, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 12.4 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street finished higher on optimism the US and European central banks may act to stimulate their respective economies. At 0751 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
Australian shares opened stronger, buoyed by overnight leads and hopes the European Central Bank will take action soon to relieve the euro zone debt crisis. At 1015 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.6 points, or 0.15 per cent ...

Austock seeks liquidity for shareholders who want out

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
The Austock Group has announced plans for an on-market buy-back of up to 27 million fully paid ordinary shares, approximately 20% of its total shares on issue. Bill Bessemer, Austock Group chief executive offer, said that the buy-back was to provide ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street gained on hopes that Europe's central bank will act soon to relieve the euro zone's debt woes. At 0757 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 12 points ...