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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... morning, weighed down by weak trade figures released on Tuesday. At 0700 (AEST) on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 106.72 US cents, down from 107.03 cents on Tuesday. Since 1700 (AEST) on Tuesday, the local unit traded between 106.38 ...

Rejoice for May has gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... market equities are up - big time. So too are the prices of many commodities. They all jump - big time -- on the last trading of May (a few minutes more of trading and they might have erased all of the month's losses). So what's funny about these? Glad ...

SSGA says ETF growth means plenty for all providers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... against newcomers wanting to take a chunk out of the Australian exchange-traded funds market. State Street pioneered ETF trading in Australia and at one time enjoyed 100 per cent market share. It's seven ETF products now account for 62 per cent of market ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... higher at 4,713 points with 12,087 contracts traded. Burrell Stockbroking director Richard Herring said the market was trading well on thin volumes, following public holidays in the UK and US overnight. "We have been weak for a few weeks now, so there ...

New software simplifies front office broking

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... dark pools would continue to grow. And for financial planners he predicted a greater desire to access to direct equity trading on- or off-platform.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... Australian market is expected to open marginally stronger on Tuesday, despite the absence of significant leads from offshore trading overnight. On the ASX 24 at 0640 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 14 points higher at 4,676. In ...

It's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
Houston, it seems we've lost May. With two trading days to go this month - one for Wall Street because of the Memorial Day holiday in the US - "sell in May then go away" is in the bag - unless of course, there's a sudden whiff of euphoria, or perhaps ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
The Australian market may gain on Monday after US equity and most commodity markets rose on Friday. Trading may be subdued because of public holidays in the UK and US on Monday. At 0753 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract ...

London hedge fund banking on Twitter

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... will use sentiment derived from social media data analysis from sites like Twitter to gauge human emotions and influence trading decisions. Derwent Capital's portfolio will consist of liquid equities and equity indices with the aim of achieving consistent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... cent at 3,917.22. In generally unconvincing trade, even London was in negative territory half an hour before the close of trading. In London, the miners and oil majors provided support as they made some ground after losses earlier in the week. Anglo-American ...