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Study finds dark pools damage market quality

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... institutions to buy or sell large blocks of securities without revealing their hand to competitors and helps avoid high-frequency traders interposing on the deal. The new CMCRC study found that dark pools are able to entice orders unrelated to the short-term ...

Aust shares edge higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... bit of support in most areas," he told AAP. The ASX 200 index is down nearly 10 per cent for the last month, and some traders are thinking the sell off is overdone and are starting to buy in again. A standout performer is News Corporation, which opened ...

Aussie shares weaken ahead of long weekend

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... sluggish US economic news ahead of the Queen's Birthday long weekend. CommSec market analyst Steven Daghlian says Australian traders are reluctant to buy stocks ahead of the Friday night release of US non-farm payrolls data for May. "If the numbers come ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... per cent) to 3,424.05. The market continued to search for direction amid mixed signals from the US and global economies. Traders also appeared unnerved by the US dollar's sharp fall against the euro and yen, which came after both the European and British ...

The death of QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... that? Doesn't the law of supply and demand apply anymore? And what about equities? I'm slowly beginning to believe that traders are letting the machines (algorithms) do the trading for them. This or the fear of the death of QE has sucked rational thinking ...

ISN calls for electronic auctions to block HFT leakage

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... imports and despite a fall in the bill for imported oil. LONDON - European stock markets rebounded to close higher as traders sat back in their positions ahead of an intense series of US data scheduled for later this week, analysts say. London's FTSE ...

More flip flopping ahead for Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... we'd rather have. But gauging from the last two days of last week's trading action on Wall Street it appears that most traders and their dogs desire the latter - that is, to keep the fresh mints coming. Wall Street up last Thursday because disappointing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... 15, when markets plunged after worries about an economic slowdown in China caused commodity prices to drop sharply. Some traders said the sudden afternoon swoon came as large investors had to rearrange their holdings to match changes in the widely followed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... Ordinaries index down 42.1 points at 4,917.1. NEW YORK - Wall Street rose as two lacklustre economic reports convinced traders that the US central bank will continue to boost the economy with its stimulus program. Unemployment claims rose and an initial ...