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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... slightly after some negative commentary about the eurozone government debt crisis. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at 100.27 US cents, down from 100.83 at 1700 on Tuesday. HiFX senior trader Stuart Ive said the local currency was being ...

Wagging the dog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... add, seesaws along with the indices. "Stocks higher on surging oil price" headline Reuters at 0547 hours when the Dow was trading above zero. Because "higher oil prices lifted energy shares" but it's scratching it's head why the price of a barrel of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... Dow, however, is higher for the year. The Dow's up 5.2 per cent for 2011; the S&P and Nasdaq are each down 0.2 per cent. Trading volume was very light. Just 3.6 billion shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange, well below the recent daily average ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... "The ultimate decisions are in the hands of leaders," Draghi said. LONDON - European stocks and the euro fell in volatile trading, tracking moves by the ECB and comments by politicians ahead of a crucial EU summit called to prevent a collapse of the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... higher despite doubts that the EU summit later this week will produce a crisis solution that would calm markets. After trading down most of the day, the markets got a boost from a late report from the Federal Reserve showing consumer credit was growing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... the region rising and a bit more optimism about the European situation." At 1200 AEDT on Tuesday, the local currency was trading at 102.72 US cents, up from 102.44 cents just before the data was released at 1130 AEDT. It was also up from 101.81 cents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... austerity measures at the start of a critical week for the euro. European stocks gave up some of their gains at the end of trading, with London's FTSE 100 index closing up 0.28 per cent to 5,567.96 points. In Frankfurt the DAX-30 ended with a gain of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... the first time in over three years. Market proxy Hong Kong Exchanges was up 2.1 per cent at HK$132.60 due to improved trading volume this month, while banking heavyweight HSBC advanced 1.6 per cent to HK$61.60. Edible oil producer Hop Hing jumped 59.1 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... per cent. Benchmark futures contact prices for key commodities such as oil, gold and copper were all firmer in offshore trading. The spot price of gold in Sydney was at $US1,749.40 per fine ounce, up $US26.80 from Wednesday's local close of $US1,722.60 ...

Melbourne director gets jail sentence

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... company director has been sentenced to a total of three years and two months behind bars on charges which include insolvent trading and theft. Anula Kumari Kaye, 59, of Toorak, former director of International Consulting Group (ICG), pleaded guilty to ...