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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
The Australian share market was over half of one per cent higher at noon, led by gains in the resources and banking sectors. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 23.3 points, or 0.68 per cent, at 3,451.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Groundhog Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... are more of the same. Gloom and Doom - more job losses, more houses repossessed, more businesses shuttered, more banking sector problems, more profit warnings, leading indicators pointing lower, more pessimism. The same groundhogs are now predicting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... points, or 3.24 per cent, to 1,507.84. LONDON - Europe's stock markets fell sharply on Thursday, pulled down by the banking sector as investors cashed in on a brief rally in bank shares this week. London's FTSE 100 index closed down 105.09 points or ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... $15.39. Wall Street roared higher on Wednesday as strong earnings from IBM and others helped investors shake off banking sector woes that sparked a big selloff a day earlier. The Dow Jones industrial average added 279.01, or 3.51 per cent, to 8,228.1 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... rose 17.49, or 1.16 per cent, to 1,529.33. LONDON - European stocks closed lower on Monday, dragged down by the banking sector which suffered from mounting fears about the solvency of leading lenders. A second multi-billion pound bank rescue package ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... $37.05. Rival miner and Australia's biggest company, BHP Billiton, sank $1.74, or 5.62 per cent, to $29.20. The banking sector was lower, too. National Australia Bank decreased 76 cents, or 3.68 per cent, to $19.91, Commonwealth Bank dropped 77 cents,or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after US stocks fell as earnings season looms. At 0751 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March Share Price Index futures contract was down 57 points at 3,618. In economic news today, the Manpower-Melbourne ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... and sell assets, was $3.40 or 9.09 per cent higher at $40.80. Rival BHP Billiton fell 16 cents to $30.20. In the banking sector, Westpac gained four cents to $16.41, Commonwealth Bank lost 47 cents to $28.03, National Australia Bank sank 12 cents to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... looking for that money? "We've followed on from that... right across the board, with particular emphasis in the banking sector." At 1204 AEDT, mining giant BHP Billiton had lost $2.43, or 8.59 per cent to $25.87, while its rival Rio Tinto had shed $3.89 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket was over four per cent lower at noon following heavy losses in the banking sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 177.4 points, or 4.32 per cent, at 3,930.4 while the broader All Ordinaries index dropped ...