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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... companies holding annual general meetings. On Tuesday, the Australian share market closed weaker, dragged down by financial stocks and profit-taking after recent gains. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index finished down 22.2 points, or 0.47 per cent, at 4,687.8 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... Ltd, and Billabong International Ltd. On Monday, the Australian share market closed higher, led by financial and resource stocks, as the merger announcement between the Australian and Singapore stock exchanges boosted sentiment. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... The Australian share market was stronger at noon, led by the financial and energy sectors, as a wave of by-orders pushed stocks up from a flat open. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 46.1 points, or 0.99 per cent, at 4,694.3, while ...

Bottoms up

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... returned just 2.6 per cent per annum since 1985. Conversely, despite sluggish economic growth of 2.4 per cent a year, UK stocks have delivered a return of 6.7 per cent per annum over the same period. "Over the long-term, the biggest driver of a stock's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... Australia on `Producing Energy in a Changing World'. On Thursday, the Australian share market closed flat as stronger resource stocks offset weakness in the financials sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index finished down two points, or 0.04 per cent ...

Money, money, money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... contract was 74 points lower at 4,595, with 21,122 contracts traded. Most market sectors fell, with major resources and bank stocks at least one per cent lower. Bell Potter Securities' senior client adviser Stuart Smith attributed the broad-based sell-off ...

Signposts to high yield

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
Russell Australia High Dividend Index's top ten holdings was dominated by financial stocks but property trusts are emerging as attractive high-yield stocks. The Russell Australia High Dividend Index (RAHDI) includes Australian blue-chip companies with ...

Demystifying the "flash crash"

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... futures volumes traded were not extraordinary. Crosthwait argued that, due to a lack of "circuit breakers" in individual stocks, traders from both the buy and sell sides stepped away from the market as it rapidly plunged "due to their inclination that ...

Bad, bad day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... thought! A barrage of bad news drowned market euphoria over QE2. There was bad news on the earnings front. The giant tech stocks are not cutting it. Apple reported lower than expected third quarter earnings. Despite beating EPS expectations, IBM shares ...