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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
The Australian stock market was higher at noon, with broad-based gains led by mining and energy stocks but in light volume. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 13.3 points higher, by 0.29 per cent, at 4,661.8 points, while the broader All ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... 4,648.5 points, and the broader All Ordinaries index shed 65.1 points, or 1.38 per cent, to 4,665.9 points. NEW YORK - US stocks rebounded strongly on Wednesday as sentiment got a lift from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's signal that near-zero ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... number of factors were pulling the market back, including lower prices for base metals, some mixed company earnings results, stocks trading ex-dividend, and a weaker market in Japan. "But it's mostly resources (weighing upon the market) as a result of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... the economic recovery. The Dow Jones industrials were off, and interest rates also fell as investors moved money out of stocks and into the safety of Treasuries. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index fell to 46 in February from 56.5 ...

Pensions fail to direct manager voting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... should be more involved - considering trustees have a fiduciary duty to oversee how the proxies attached to their funds' stocks are voted. Other results from the survey include 40 per cent of firms say they disclose their proxy voting guidelines to the ...

Penny for Benny's thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
Beep...beep...beep. Should have just slept in this morning given the bo-ring action on Wall Street overnight. "U.S. Stocks Retreat as Commodity Shares Drop, Banks Advance" was the headline on Bloomberg as it tried to justify the 0.1 per cent slip - ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... GPT Group and Oil Search Ltd. On Monday, the Australian share market closed firmly higher, led by financial and resources stocks following better than expected corporate earnings results and a rise in base metal prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... client adviser and strategist Michael Heffernan said the local market was performing well. "It's been excellent with major stocks like the banks up two to three per cent and so, too, with the resources sector," Mr Heffernan said. "The only dark spot ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... 4,635.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell 17.6 points, or 0.38 per cent, to 4,656.3 points. NEW YORK - US stocks clawed out narrow gains in choppy trade on Friday as investors digested the Federal Reserve's abrupt interest rate rise ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
Profit-takers have led the Australian sharemarket lower at noon, with mining and banking stocks among the biggest losers. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 31.4 points, or 0.67 per cent, at 4,636.5, while the broader All Ordinaries ...