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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... Australian stock market was flat at noon, with healthy rises among the big retail banks offset by weakness among mining and gold stocks. At 1205 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.2 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 4,407.7 points, while the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... Magnesium Corporation Ltd and Aurora Funds Management are due to list on Australian Securities Exchange. On Monday, Australian stocks overcame a weak start to finish marginally higher as most market players stayed on the sidelines. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... traded. The broader market opened about 0.1 per cent weaker, but swiftly moved into the black. At 1205 AEST, about seven stocks were up for every five that were weaker. The worst-performing stock on the S&P/ASX100 was Orica, falling 4.67 per cent, or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... cent, at 4,396.3, while the broader All Ordinaries index ended up 40.4, or 0.92 per cent, at 4,414.5 points. NEW YORK - US stocks ended higher for the fourth straight day on Friday ahead of a keenly anticipated second quarter corporate earnings season ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... says it has not yet reached a deal. Its shares were up 91 cents, or 7.13 per cent, at $13.67. Among other major energy stocks, Origin Energy was up 19 cents, or 1.26 per cent, at $15.27 and Oil Search was up 12 cents, or 2.12 per cent, at $5.78 but Woodside ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... sharemarket rose for a fifth consecutive day as financial markets around the world were jolted to life after United States stocks logged their best one-day gain in about six weeks. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed up 22.2 points, or 0.75 per cent, at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... Dow Jones industrial average broke a seven-day slide on Tuesday after traders sifted through the market for beaten-down stocks. Investors tried to recover some of the big losses that piled up following weeks of disappointing economic reports. The Dow ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... cents, or 1.57 per cent to $36.40, and rival Rio Tinto fell $1.21 or 1.85 per cent to $64.04. Major banks and financial stocks also suffered losses, with the financials sector index off 1.0 per cent. National Australia Bank dropped 23 cents, or 1.01 ...

Don't bank on broad themes: BTIM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
Investors can't rely on broad themed-based strategies and should focus on picking the best stocks, according to one of the largest fund managers in Australia. Crispin Murray, head of equity strategies at BT Investment Management (BTIM), said the fund ...

Just a typical pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... in. I remember him declaring that he only holds government bonds when he sat at the helm of the Fed, has he dabbled in stocks now that he's Citizen Alan and has a vested interest in talking the market up? So I went and checked to see whether his words ...