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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after a positive lead from overseas with markets shrugging off Standard & Poor's slashing Spain's credit rating and gaining added steam from a big drop in US jobs claims. At 0636 AEDT on Friday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher after an encouraging report on the US labour market and better retail sales pushed Wall Street higher. At 0806 AEST on Friday, the local December share price index futures contract was up 11 points at 4,471. ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
SYDNEY, Sept 28 AAP - Australian stocks have opened marginally weaker as investors had a subdued reaction to the Spanish government's plan to slash the nation's deficit. At 1015 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.8 points, or ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
The Australian market is set to open slightly higher after world markets reacted positively to the release of Spain's 2013 budget supporting its austerity measures. At 0813 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up two ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market is set to open higher, despite a mixed performance in overseas stocks markets. At 0835 AEST on the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,417 points. The local market on finished ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher, despite a mixed performance in overseas stocks markets. At 0835 AEST on the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,417 points. The local market on finished lower on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher, continuing last week's positive theme after the Federal Reserve announced fresh measures to stimulate the US economy. At 0753 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 20 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... index futures contract was up 33 points at 4,381. After its two-day meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Thursday (US time) said it would buy $US40 million worth of mortgage-backed securities a month in a bid to lower long-term interest ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... economic stimulus from the US Federal Reserve after a two-day meeting of its Federal Open Market Committee concluded on Thursday (US time). In local news, department store chain Myer said its full year net profit had fallen by more than 12 per cent to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... contract was down four points at 4,360. Markets hope the Federal Open Market Committee's two-day meeting, finishing Thursday (US time), will result in fresh measures, or quantitative easing, to stimulate the sluggish US economy. In local economic news ...