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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
The share market has made a steady start to the week as renewed concern over tensions in Ukraine weighs on global markets. Wall Street and European markets lost ground on Friday as Ukraine ratcheted up military operations against pro-Russian rebels ...

May worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... age-old Wall Street adage tells us to go away. May is coming! And right on cue, we get spooks from renewed and escalated tension in the Ukraine and more evidences of a slowing China - the fourth month of below manufacturing PMI reading in April - and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... expectations. LONDON - Huge deal-making in the pharmaceutical sector gave European stocks a shot in the arm, even though tension over the crisis in Ukraine lurked in the background. Shares in European pharmaceutical groups surged owing to a major reshaping ...

Trend - up, down or up and down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
And a bounce, bounce here and a bounce, bounce there, everywhere a bounce, bounce. This, Virginia, was what Wall Street did overnight - it was up, then down, the back up again... all in a day's trade. It was up on good first quarter earnings reports ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
The Australian share market is set for a positive start to trade, after a slight recovery in technology stocks pushed Wall Street higher. At 0750 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 24 points at 5,428. In economic news ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street gained following solid manufacturing data from China. At 0830 AEDT on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,410. China said its official purchasing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite strong gains on Wall Street after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen was dovish about the US economy's recovery. At 0855 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up four points ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following Wall Street and European markets which rebounded on regional economic data and European Central Bank talk that looser monetary policy could be in the offing. At 0810 AEDT on Wednesday, the June ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street as Eastern Europe tensions escalate with Russian troops seizing Ukrainian ships and military installations in Crimea. At 0645 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
The sharemarket is flat in early trade as investors ignore positive offshore leads. US stocks moved higher as Russian President Vladimir Putin's comments that he had no designs on a larger break-up of Ukraine eased investor tensions. But there was no ...