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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... market. Offshore leads were mixed with Wall St posting modest gains in a shortened session ahead of the US Independence Day holiday. But, European stocks were down. "There is no real major reason to be driving it this hard. As far as we're seeing, it's ...

Ghosts? What ghosts?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
What the...? Wall Streeters must have smoked or drank some heavy stuff ahead of America's 4th of July holiday celebrations. All three of America's benchmark equity indices - the Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq - closed higher while most other equity ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
After sharp falls in its previous session, the Australian market looks set to open flat following gains on US and European bourses on encouraging manufacturing data out of Europe. At 0813 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Endowment bond product frees SMSFs to add risk

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... longevity risk and market crashes. "While the bonds could be used for any goal that has a fixed date such as school fees, a holiday or a large purchase, we see the greatest application in retirement planning," said Duchesne. "The problem with non-outcome ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... cent, or 13.68 points, at 2,162.04. The index fell nearly three per cent on Thursday as dealers returned from a three-day holiday to another batch of weak domestic economic data. WELLINGTON - The NZX Index rose 19.075 points, or 0.4 per cent from a two-month ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... points, to 1,920.68 while Hong Kong was off 1.20 per cent, or 260.43 points, at 21,354.66. Shanghai was closed for a public holiday. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 9.807 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 4463.577.

Aust shares edge higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... marginally higher to begin the week, reflecting mixed offshore leads during the long weekend for the Queen's Birthday holiday. The United States market dropped overnight but had posted gains on Friday, RBS Morgans senior private client adviser Bill Chatterton ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
The Australian share market is set to open lower on Tuesday after a lacklustre session on Wall Street. At 0753 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 4,780. In local economic news, the Australian Bureau of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat after erratic swings on Wall Street and falls on European bourses after the European Central Bank and Bank of England kept rates on hold. At 0817 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... three-day long weekend break to put things back into perspective it seems. Wall Streeters returned from the "Memorial Day" holiday with a bounce in their steps sending America's benchmark indices on a rebound. The Dow closed 0.7% up, the S&P 500 0.6% ...