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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
The Australian market has received positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street finishing robustly, although commodities markets were mixed. On the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was 26 points higher at 4,941 ...

Retail bank deposits hit $62bn in Dec qtr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
Driven by high at-call interest rates and the post-GFC austerity wave, consumers are flocking to retail deposit accounts with $62 billion deposited in the December quarter alone. The surge pushed bank deposit holdings to $1.5 trillion, 15 per cent more ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
The Australian sharemarket has received positive leads from US equity markets, although declines in the precious metal and oil markets may drag on some stocks. On the ASX 24 at 0854 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was seven points ...

New rules on bank liquidity clarified

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has clarified its definition of liquid assets that the banking industry must hold from 2015. In the wake of the global financial crisis, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) ...

BetaShares launches currency ETF

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
New Sydney-based exchange traded fund (ETF) provider BetaShares has launched a new ETF in Australia that tracks the performance of the US dollar relative to the local currency. Trading under the ASX Code 'USD', BetaShares U.S. Dollar ETF tracks the ...

Market Wrap - Mid Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
The Australian sharemarket has shrugged off a positive lead from Wall Street to open weaker, led lower by miners. At 1015 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 7.7 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 4,776.3, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
The Australian market has received positive leads from offshore trading overnight. On the ASX 24 at 0830 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was three points higher at 4,781. In economics news on Wednesday, Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
The Australian market is receiving strongly positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with all key securities indices higher, along with precious and base metals and oil. On the ASX 24 at 0711 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading over the weekend, with Wall Streets' key indices higher, as generally were those in Europe. Precious metals and oil were lower. On the ASX 24 at 0649 AEDT, the December share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
The Australian market is receiving positive leads from offshore trading overnight. On the ASX 24 at 0705 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was 12 points higher at 4,745. In economics news on Wednesday, Reserve Bank of Australia assistant ...