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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... to open lower, after falls in most commodity prices and a fairly flat finish for Wall Street stocks. At 0654 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was down 18 points at 5,611. Locally, earning season continues with Qantas ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... lost 0.66 per cent to 9,339.17 points while in Paris, the CAC 40 sank 0.93 per cent to 4,252.80 points, compared with Thursday's close. "Global equity markets faced broad selling pressure on Friday as investors took profits on flaring geopolitical tensions," ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... interest rates sooner than expected in view of US growth, despite mixed eurozone data. Frankfurt's main DAX index on Thursday jumped 0.93 per cent compared with Wednesday's close to end the day at 9,401.53 points. London's benchmark FTSE 100 added 0.33 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... their recent bullish bias," CMC Markets sales trader Niall King said. Of the companies to deliver earnings figures on Thursday, Origin Energy and AMP were the best performers on the market. Origin Energy's annual profit grew 40 per cent, and its shares ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after solid gains on Wall Street overnight. At 0654 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up 21 points at 5,527. Wall Street stocks have finished mostly higher as US Federal ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... to 4,174.36 points. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ended just above the flatline at 6,689.08 points, compared with Thursday's close. "A feeling of complacency had been creeping back into investor psychology this week with a general feeling that perhaps ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... Market heavyweight Telstra was trading 3.5 cents, or 0.63 per cent higher, to $5.60 after its positive profit results on Thursday.

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... the same time that The Guardian reports that, "...a different Russian convoy did cross into Ukrainian territory late on Thursday evening. The Guardian saw a column of 23 armoured personnel carriers, supported by fuel trucks and other logistics vehicles ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... general meeting in Dublin, Ireland, while Automotive Holdings will release full year results. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed higher thanks to strong profit performances by local companies, including market heavyweight Telstra. The benchmark ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... Street rose despite a lacklustre US retail sales report and some disappointing earnings announcements. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up 25 points at 5,483. In local economic news on Thursday, Reserve Bank ...