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Lure of high yields attracts global fund investments in Australia

Lured by the prospect of high yields in Australia, global fund managers are stepping up to the crease and are pumping large amounts of money here. TD Securities chief economist Stephen Koukoulas, in an exclusive interview with the Financial standard ...

Afternoon market wrap: Local shares close higher

The Australian share market delivered a solid performance to finish higher today, driven by gains in resource stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 10.4 points at 3273.8, while the all ordinaries added 9.9 points to 3284.6. In resources ...

Maccquarie Airports peaks on Sydney Airport earnings jump

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2003
Sydney Airport has reported a dramatic rise in quarterly earnings, propelling shares in part owner Macquarie Airports (MAp) to their highest intraday levels in 16 months. Southern Cross, the Macquarie-led consortium which owns Sydney Airport, reported ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks sag, bonds soar on weak data

Jittery US stock markets fell further, and bond prices jumped, following a slew of surprisingly weak economic data and a downbeat earnings forecast from a tech sector bellwether. The Dow Jones industrial average ended the day 105.2 points (1.1%) lower ...

Sudden OPEC move unlikely to impact Australia negatively: ICAP

The sudden 3.5 per cent or 900,000 barrels per day cut in oil supply announced by the OPEC is unlikely to have a major impact on Australian consumers. In an exclusive interview with the Financial Standard, ICAP chief economist Dr Ric Simes has said ...

Morning market wrap: Wall Street hit by OPEC cut in supply

Higher energy prices, as OPEC cut back 3.5 per cent of its supply, have adversely-affected Wall Street as the Dow Jones fell 150.53 points or 1.6% of its value. The Nasdaq also fell, by 58.02 points or 3.15% in trading overnight. The FTSE-100 has managed ...

Macquarie Airport releases half-yearly results for its Rome airport

Macquarie Airports (MAp) has said today that its Aeroporti di Roma (AdR) project had recorded a traffic growth of 3.5 per cent in the past six months and its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation was $156.91 million which on a ...

Australian service industries pick up pace of activity: survey

Australian service industries have picked up the pace of activity, according to an inaugural survey published by the first Australian Industry Group - Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI), which had risen 0.5 points to 55.5 ...

Macquarie Airports register positive results since March downturns

Macquarie Airports (MAp) have said that their international and domestic airport projects have shown positive growth for the first time since the impact of the Iraq War and SARS in March. "The July traffic results at all our airports continue to show ...

US growth strengthening, but risks remain: IMF

The expansion in US economic activity will gather momentum in the latter half of 2003, according to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) latest review of the US economy. The Fund said US GDP growth should rise from just under 2.5 per cent in 2003 ...