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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... points. The Nasdaq composite index fell 8.22 points, or 0.31 per cent, to 2,683.87 points. A day with such little change for stocks had been rare so far in March. The Dow had moved up or down by at least 100 points in four of the five previous trading ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... Rio and old London town over the past three days. Or perhaps investors are merely engaging in retail therapy... buying stocks as comfort purchases to relieve their anxieties? For how else could you explain continued buying of risk assets in the face ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... Paydirt's 2011 Uranium Conference continues. On Monday, the Australian share market closed higher, led by uranium and gold stocks, as investors continued to digest developments on fighting in Libya and the nuclear emergency in Japan. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

VTP mulls management change

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... chief executive and Cameron McCullagh, director at VTPM, among others. Van Eyk Research, which is responsible for selecting stocks for the VTP portfolio, declined to comment.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... digest developments on fighting in Libya and the nuclear emergency in Japan. Performances from major resources and banking stocks were mixed. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 8.8 points, or 0.19 per cent, lower at 4,617.6 points, while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... Monday. On Friday, the Australian share market closed firmly higher after a tumultuous week, driven by stronger material stocks on higher metals prices and a respite from the negative news about Japan's nuclear crisis. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... utilities dipped last month but was actually higher in previous months than first estimated, according to the Federal Reserve. Stocks rose broadly. All of the 10 groups rose in the Standard & Poor's 500 index, the basis for most US mutual funds. The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... pessimistic than they had been since July last year, he said. "We've seen a lot of panic selling this week. People are throwing stocks out the door and asking questions later, regardless of the fundamentals," he said. "I think the fundamentals stand ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... companies affected by higher food costs fell. McDonald's Corp and Starbucks Corp both fell two per cent. LONDON - European stocks fell, despite an earlier bounce in Tokyo, with sentiment hit by fears over Japan's worsening nuclear crisis, Bahrain unrest ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
The Australian share market was continuing to rise at noon as investors buy back into stocks that were sold off in the wake of Japan's crisis. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 50.7 points, or 1.12 per cent, at 4,579.4 points, while ...