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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... production (Monday); producer prices (Tuesday); consumer prices and housing starts (Wednesday); and existing-home sales and weekly jobless claims (Thursday). LONDON - European stocks rose, bouyed by optimism that eurozone leaders were finally pushing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... ratings. Sydney closed 0.92 per cent, or 38.1 points, higher at 4,201.0 after adding 3.8 per cent last week - its biggest weekly gain in more than a year, while Seoul closed 0.38 per cent, or 6.67 points, up at 1,766.44. Singapore also closed higher ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... the lowest since April - from 428,000 in the previous week. Though I don't suggest reading too much into this volatile weekly data, especially this recent one where a US Labor official warned could be due to "technical factors". "It's a seasonal factor ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... were mildly positive, with an upward revision in the second quarter GDP growth figure to 1.3 per cent, and a sharp fall in weekly jobless benefits claims. Meanwhile, Germany's approval of the EU's July 21 plan gave hopes that it would pass all 17 eurozone ...

Hope trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... "European shares jumped on Tuesday to make their largest percentage gain since May 2010 and on track to make their biggest weekly gain since July 2010 on hopes policymakers were putting together measures to help ease the region's debt crisis." Notice ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... to stand at 2,607.07. The markets were strong from the opening but fell off after a series of economic indicators - on weekly jobless insurance claims, inflation, and business conditions - reinforced beliefs that the economy is stagnating. But stock ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... Steel, metals analyst at HSBC in New York. "Everyone's cautious after this wild week." BASE METALS Copper capped its worst weekly performance in more than a month with a more than three per cent plunge on Friday, as worries about slowing growth prospects ...

Liquidity strength in CTAs

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... diversity in CTAs with volatility support in current alternative markets. Financial Risk Management (FRM) has introduced weekly liquidity for its FRM Sigma Fund, which invests in a globally-sourced portfolio of Commodity Trading Advisers (CTAs) that ...

AMP targets youth with new campaign

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... Standard. Nova holds a strong youth-orientated focus with 18.4% of market share for 18-24 year olds in Sydney, 765,000 weekly listeners in Melbourne and number one share for 25-39 year olds in Brisbane. "Many young people put super consolidation in the ...

On the verge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... not for negative US stats released at the same time MS whispered 'R'. No, I am not referring to the up again down again weekly jobless claims. It was down last week, remember? And financial markets concluded that no US recession is in the offing. It ...