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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... of Australian banking. On Tuesday, the Australian sharemarket closed flat after a quiet session tempered by weaker bank stocks, as stronger than expected wholesale inflation raised expectations of a May interest rate rise. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
The Australian share market was up marginally at noon, with rising mining and energy stocks providing a boost. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.4 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 4,883.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Seek and thou shalt find

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... they're now overvalued. But wait! Bloomberg also reported last night that "Even after the biggest rally since the 1930s, US stocks remain the cheapest in two decades as the economy improves." The S&P 500 currently trades at 14.1 times forecast earnings. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... likely to open slightly lower on Tuesday after Wall Street closed flat amid positive corporate reports but weaker financial stocks. At 0752 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 10 points lower at 4,897 points. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... 4,907.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index dipped 43.7 points, or 0.88 per cent, to 4,936.8 points. NEW YORK - Stocks recovered from early losses and closed modestly higher on Thursday after President Barack Obama's speech on financial reform ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
Australian stocks were more than one per cent weaker at noon as miners and financials weighed on the major indices and corporate downgrades affected other sectors. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 55.1 points, or 1.11 per cent ...

Kinetic wins CBUS mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
... taking Kinetic's current FUM to just over $400 million. The CBUS mandate will see the fund manager invest in small-cap stocks, and the strategy aims to outperform the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index over a rolling three-year period. Sharp ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
... per cent, to 2,504.61, but the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 1.24 points, 0.1 per cent, at 1,205.93. Dow stocks were led higher by Boeing, which posted a 15 per cent loss in the first quarter, but beat market expectations. The Chicago-based ...

India Equities puts cash to work

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... said its tilt to the country's financial sector had risen while the fund manager had cut its exposure to India's energy stocks in favour of targeting stocks in the materials area. The India Equities fund returned more than 52 per cent in the 12 months ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... rose on Tuesday, as investors took profits on recent high earners and plunged cash into resurgent financial and energy stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 25.01 points (0.23 per cent), to settle at 11,117.06. The tech-rich Nasdaq composite ...