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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after the US bourses posted solid gains following jobless claims and housing construction data indicated economic growth. At 0755 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
The Australian market has opened higher following mixed leads from Europe and the US overnight. At 1030 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 27.4 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4,308.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 25.7 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street eventually found positive territory on Friday in a somewhat directionless session. At 0745 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 17 points at ...

APA ups HDF offer

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
The APA group has raised its offer for the Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund after it was granted due-diligence access to the fund's books earlier this week. This ups the ante on the battle for the infrastructure fund, which is also subject to takeover ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after a seesaw session overnight on Wall Street, which ended flat, uninspired by modestly promising US jobs and trade data. At 0745 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher. At 0800 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up six points at 4,287. In economic news on Thursday, the Austalian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is due to release July's Labour ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street with investors disappointed the European Central Bank announced no immediate measures to solve the euro zone sovereign debt crisis. At 0739 AEST on Friday, the September ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street overnight amid disappointment the Federal Reserve kept monetary policy unchanged. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was down ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher, despite falls on Wall Street overnight, as investors await the outcome of European Central Bank and Federal Reserve policy meetings it's hoped will result in stimulus measures. At 0805 AEST on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
The Australian sharemarket has opened more than three-quarters of a per cent higher after the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) said it would do everything possible to preserve the euro. At 1016 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was ...