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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... across the major sectors. Among the poorer-performing sectors, healthcare companies were down 0.97 per cent, and industrial stocks were 0.75 per cent lower, according to IRESS data. Sectors in the green included gold (up 1.59 per cent) and consumer staples ...

Experts bullish on US despite debt gloom

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... Marvin, chairman of Delaware-based investment management firm Marvin & Palmer Associates, said he is extremely bullish on US stocks as the severe recession and looming sovereign debt crisis meant the market was changing its rules for the better. "People ...

Perpetual to debut global resources

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... return on equity (21 per cent), gearing level (a low 19 per cent) and dividend yield (2 per cent). He added they only buy stocks that are trading at a discount to their Net Present Value (NPV) valuation and sell them when they are at a premium. "That's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... stock exchange (ASX) and, in Sydney, Coal & Allied Industries Ltd holds its annual general meeting. On Thursday, Australian stocks finished at a two-week low, amid broad-based declines led by the industrials and materials sectors, including a double-digit ...

Managers see ASX at 5500 this year

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... months to the end of March. "We went against the prevailing market view and participated in the QRN float and a range of stocks we held have undertaken acquisitions at good prices which have enhanced returns, Hendersons is a good example of this," said ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... Sectors posting the largest falls included industrial, which was off 1.6 per cent, according to IRESS data. Metals and mining stocks were down 1.4 per cent, while materials-linked companies also were 1.4 per cent weaker. Leighton was the worst-performing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... cent intra-day fall. The broader All Ordinaries index was 9.4 points, or 0.18 per cent higher, at 4999.6. NEW YORK - US stocks ticked higher Wednesday after President Barack Obama detailed his plans for cutting the deficit and a Federal Reserve report ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... trading, which was dominated by defensive plays as investors lost appetite for risk and rotated out of material and energy stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.8 points, or 0.26 per cent, to 4,885.9, while the broader All ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... Network. On Tuesday, the Australian share market closed sharply lower, pulled back by profit-taking on mining and energy stocks, amid fresh concerns about US growth prospects and the nuclear drama in Japan. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 72.5 ...

Buying op

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
So is this the one that ultimately takes the grin off Wall Street's face? According to theage.com.au, " US stocks dropped on Tuesday on worries falling oil prices could set off a reversal in the high-flying energy sector..." It even quoted a certain ...