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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... 4,873.0, while the broader All Ordinaries index was 1.7 points lower, by 0.03 per cent, at 4,952.3 points. NEW YORK - US stocks rallied on Thursday as positive earnings reports lured investors to shrug off mixed economic data. Building on nearly three-year ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... noon, trading off its highs of the session as traders digested a new high for the Australian dollar and what it means for stocks and interest rates. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 20.4 points higher, by 0.42 per cent, at 4,893.3, while ...

Let's party!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... night. The Dow ended 0.8 per cent on the up and up and so did the Nasdaq. And hear this, the Russell 2000 Index of small US stocks partied to a fresh record high of 858.31 points. As they should. For despite all the bold utterances by several Fed members ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... cent, to 4,954 points. NEW YORK - The Nasdaq Composite index hit its highest level in more than 10 years on Wednesday as US stocks pushed upward after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged. The tech-rich Nasdaq added 22.34 points (0.78 per ...

Selection the key as mining stocks surge

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... terms of portfolio positioning that's a key theme for us at the moment," he added. AMP has trimmed its exposure to energy stocks in recent weeks amid concerns over soaring oil prices. Legg Mason's $200 million Australian Value Equity Trust fund is 6 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... expansion into NSW and Queensland. National turnover at 1207 AEST was 1.5 billion shares worth $2.17 billion, with 571 stocks down, 451 up and 381 unchanged. On Wall Street on Tuesday, stocks rose sharply amid a batch of solid company earnings reports ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... Thursday, the Australian share market closed more than one per cent higher heading into the Easter break, with gold and energy stocks outperforming the index after commodity prices climbed overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 54.8 points higher ...

Indexing warning as ETFs surge

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... generating considerable interest in products providing exposure to indices covering broad commodities, high dividend paying stocks, high yield fixed income, gold and real estate," said Fuhr. Rainmaker data shows that index investments now represent 16.4 ...

Sustainable strategy downgraded

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... of sustainable funds for AMP Capital Investment. The strategy's investment philosophy is based on uncovering attractive stocks that meet the firm's Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria. The downgrade applies to about 14 different products ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... contracts traded. Ausbil Dexia chief executive Paul Xiradis said strong corporate earnings in the US had boosted Australian stocks. Companies that earned in US dollars, such as NewsCorp and Brambles, were not as strong, but still in the black. At 1208 ...