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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... Wednesday was up 12.8 points at 4,912.9, while the broader All Ordinaries index added 12.77 to 5,011.37. NEW YORK - Technology stocks rose on Wednesday after the CEO of Cisco Systems Inc promised to take "bold steps" to narrow the company's focus. Cisco ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... (its second round of quantitative easing). "Certainly, a slightly weaker oil price is not helping the scenario for energy stocks, but on the other hand we saw new record high in gold (price) last night and seen only a modest effect on the gold sector ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... the threat of a government shutdown if Republicans and Democrats do not reach an agreement on federal spending levels. Stocks had edged lower in early trading, following most world markets, after China raised a key lending rate and the rating agency ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... gains for major indices as oil traded to a 30-month high of $US108 a barrel and rising commodity prices pushed materials stocks 0.7 per cent higher. "We're still seeing a continuation of risk activity taking place," IG Markets market strategist Ben Potter ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... per cent, to settle at 7,175.33, and the French CAC also fell, by 11.84 points to settle at 4,042.92. HONG KONG - Asian stocks mostly rose on Monday after the United States said unemployment hit a two-year low last month, while Japanese traders were ...

The other emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... 56.3 per cent. Not far behind Peru's are gains of 46.0 per cent and 31.5 per cent delivered by Argentinian and Chilean stocks, respectively. One major factor that's boosting the stock markets of Latin America is the rise and rise of commodity prices ...

Hunter Hall defiant on Japan

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... the start of March, had lifted its Japanese weighting from 17 per cent to 21 per cent in recent weeks. "In the Japanese stocks we own there is very little supply chain impact to date. We have used the weakness in the market to add to the medical and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... in Iron Baron, South Australia. National turnover at 1207 AEST was 1.71 million securities worth $2.2 billion, with 651 stocks up, 348 down and 371 unchanged. Wall Street closed higher on Friday, as traders welcomed a drop in US unemployment to 8.8 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... said in a report signalling a turnaround in the troubled labour market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 blue-chip stocks rose 56.99 points, or 0.46 per cent, to 12,376.72 points. The broad-based S&P 500 index rose 6.58 points, or 0.50 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... that maybe something is not too far away." Mr Leppinus said investor strength in Woodside had helped to drive resources stocks. "The resources stocks have found a bit of life this morning. They're all up between half a per cent to just under one per ...