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Morning Market Wrap: US dollar strong following Hussein capture

The Australian dollar lost ground against the US currency following news of the capture of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein yesterday. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7367/72 compared with Friday's close of 0.7412/17. During ...

Midday Market Wrap: Market up buoyed by strong gains on Wall Street

The Australian stock market was more than half a per cent higher in early afternoon trade, buoyed by strong gains on Wall Street overnight. Heavyweight media stock News Corp, the major banks and Telstra all pushed higher, offsetting falls in the resource ...

MMC Contrarian makes sluggish debuts on the ASX

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2003
MMC Contrarian Ltd had a sluggish debut on the Australian Stock Exchange yesterday, but the investment company remains optimistic. The shares failed to trade at their $1.00 issue price and ended the day at 92 cents after hitting an intraday high of ...

Midday Market Wrap: Market lower at noon

The Australian share market remained slightly lower at noon following a weaker session in offshore markets overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 4.1 points at 3207.1, while the all ordinaries index was 3.5 points lower at ...

Midday Market Wrap: Stocks weaker at noon

The Australian share market was marginally weaker at noon, as it looked for positives following a negative lead from Wall Street overnight. By 1201 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 5.3 points lower at 3213.5 while the all ordinaries index fell ...

HHG to be added to indexes

Ratings agency Standard and Poor's has announced changes to various Australian equity market indexes, pending the successful demerger of the AMP group. Effective from the close of business on 17 December 2003, HHG PLC will be added to the both the S&P/ASX  ...

Midday Market Wrap: Market lower at noon

The Australian stock market remained slightly lower at noon, despite a firmer session in the United States overnight. At 1204 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 2.2 points at 3222.9 while the all ordinaries index moved 3.8 points lower to ...

Afternoon market wrap: shares dip lower

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2003
The Australian stock market dipped late in the session and ended lower today, after being buoyed by positive economic news and outlook from Treasurer Peter Costello and Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Ian Macfarlane. Major banking were mixed ...

Growth funds post negative returns in November: Mercer

The median growth fund delivered a return of -0.7 per cent in November, according to the latest survey of pooled funds by Mercer Investment Consulting. The negative return followed a 2.02% fall in the S&P/ASX 300 during the month and what Mercer described ...

Midday market wrap: shares edge higher

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2003
The Australian stock market opened in positive territory today as banks and major resource stock edge higher in response to positive economic outlook. By 1010 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 11.8 points to 3241.6 while the all ordinaries ...