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Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... figures for May and the National Australia Bank's monthly business survey for May are due out. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will also release its housing finance data for April. In Australia, the stock market on Friday had its worst weekly performance ...

SMSFs need more investment diversity: FinaMetrica

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... the local market corrects. The call came on top of managed funds data recently released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Australian Tax Office (ATO). It showed SMSFs' share holdings had jumped 10.5% to $193.1 billion in the March quarter ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... government confirmed that the economy contracted in the first quarter. Locally on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases building approvals figures for April and business indicators for the March quarter. The RP Data Core Logic Home Value ...

Shares lower at lunch time

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... down in May. Heffernan said disappointing private capital expenditure figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics had reversed the negative direction a little as investors speculated that the data could add weight for another cut to interest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... the June share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,750. Locally on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases business investment figures for the March quarter. And in equities news, US-focused oil and gas producer Sundance ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... Communication's $US78.7 billion ($A100.6 billion) deal to buy Time Warner Cable. Locally on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases construction work done for the March quarter and the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic ...

Australia sings hallelujah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... January. If the correlation holds expect faster spending growth ahead. And spend some more. While the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported last week that new motor vehicle sales decline by 1.5% in April, car dealers expect the Budget's small ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... close, led by strong gains in Apple, Facebook and other technology stocks. Locally on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release lending finance figures for March. In equities news, Paladin Energy issues a trading update and Oil Search ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... dropped 0.79 per cent, while the broad-based S&P 500 1.18 per cent. Locally in economic news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases retail spending figures for March and the HIA new home sales for March is due out. And in equities news, News Corp ...

Will nice numbers make RBA a bad guy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... also seen the good building approvals update - a leading indicator of housing construction. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that "total dwelling units approved" rose by 2.8% in March to stand 23.6% higher over its level in the same ...