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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... 5,016.0 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower after two record-setting days, with sentiment dulled by poor US retail sales figures for March and more prospects of slow economic growth around the world. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished virtually ...

Interest rate to fall to 2.5%: NAB

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... confidence, Oster continued, has also shown little sign of improvement, despite official figures showing a spike in retail sales in February. "I think somewhere there is a statistician that can't count. There's no evidence from the NAB credit data and ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... continued takeover talks with two potential suitors. Still to come, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will publish retail sales and building approvals figures for February at 1130 AEDT. Mr Morrow said he expected the market to drift a little lower ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... housing starts and continuing increases in building permits. Last week, we saw better-than-expected increases in US retail sales and industrial production. The week before, we got better-than-predicted jobs growth and a jump in the ISM non-manufacturing ...

The Celtic Tiger gets back its roar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... tomorrow - and break it the day after - given the strong tailwind provided by the hugely better-than-expected US retail sales report released last night. US retail spending jumped by 1.1% in February against expectations for a 0.5% increase. Even better ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... reported. Economists had forecast a rise of just 0.2 per cent, according to data provider FactSet. The solid increase in retail sales is encouraging for the economy because it shows that Americans kept spending despite a payroll tax increase that has ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... influence the local market on Friday, with trade figures expected early in the afternoon, local time. More important retail sales and inflation data will be also released from China over the weekend. "I expect a quietly buoyant day. But, on Fridays we ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... advertisements series for month just ended, the Dun and Bradstreet business expectations survey and the NAB quarterly online retail sales index. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday closed almost half a per cent lower ...

Annuities boost Challenger growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... the previous year, according to half-year results announced this morning. This includes growth of $1.06 billion in retail sales and $921 million in institutional sales. The wave of Baby Boomers coming into retirement, retirees' preference for secure ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... bell approached. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies ended flat at 6,337.07 points, with news that British retail sales sank 0.6 per cent in January from December, instead of a forecasted 0.6-per cent gain, weighing on sentiment. Frankfurt's ...