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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... coming through from Wall Street overnight. "The banks are probably the best of the major sub-indices with the financial sector up by about 0.25 per cent, mainly due to gains from the ANZ, Westpac and Macquarie Group," she said. At 1200 AEST, shares in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... Nikkei average rose 0.1 per cent on Wednesday, as a surge in banking shares on a brighter outlook for the US financial sector offset profit-taking in other stocks after the benchmark's recent rally to 18-month highs. Wells Fargo Securities raised its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... Toho Zinc. In Australia on Monday, the share market closed flat after a directionless day with some falls in the financial sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 0.4 point, or 0.01 per cent, at 4,897.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... what will those measures be (to slow that economy down). "Any easing there will have a negative impact on our financial sector and our mining sector." Macquarie Private Wealth investment adviser, John Milroy, said volumes were slow and there had been ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... share market closed flat after eight consecutive trading day gains, as weaker mining stocks offset a stronger financial sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 0.1 point at 4,820 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index rose 0.5 point ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... $26.22, ANZ was off eight cents at $22.65, and Commonwealth Bank eased nine cents to $54.46. Elsewhere in the financial sector, insurer and regional bank Suncorp-Metway fell 46 cents to $8.75 despite increasing first half profit by 41 per cent. On Wall ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... client adviser Michael Heffernan said better-than-expected unemployment figures released on Thursday and the financial sector had put a sparkle into the local market. "The banks are really galloping at the moment and Rio is also up strongly," Mr Heffernan ...

Market Wrap - Mid-Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
The Australian sharemarket opened firmer on Wednesday and was 1.2 per cent higher in early trading on positive offshore leads and solid earnings results from heavyweights BHP Billiton and Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). At 1045 AEDT, the benchmark ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... had lost 56 cents, or 1.35 per cent, at $40.94 after base metals prices fell overnight. A weak lead from the US financial sector was the main constraint for local banks. NAB was 14 cents lower at $25.76, Commonwealth Bank had dropped 61 cents at $52.80 ...

Finance jobs to shine in 2010

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... this year will have a large impact on Australia's economy. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the financial sector is the largest contributor to Australia's national output, employment and economic growth. The sector generates more than ...