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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
... Bureau of Statistics releases its January lending finance data and the Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment is due. A lacklustre Australian stock market limped lower yesterday taking its lead from weaker offshore markets. The benchmark ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2007
... Vista computer operating system. Concerns sparked by a plunge in US housing starts and a dip in a gauge of consumer sentiment added to the negative tone. But the indexes pared losses, pushing the Dow up to a record close for the third straight day. The ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2007
... of the NAB Business Confidence and Conditions analysis yesterday, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment rose 1.7 per cent to place it 3.2 per cent above where it was a year ago. The survey revealed that expectations about finances ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
... price index contract was up 31 points at 5929. In economic news today, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute February consumer sentiment index is released, as is the Macquarie Direct Property outlook. On the equities front, CBA, Fletcher Building, Ventracor ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
... the 0.2 per cent fall in November to be the first consecutive falls since 2001. The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index increased to 98 in January after as score of 91.7 in December further suggesting that optimism about the economy was growing. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment rose by 11.8 per cent over the month to December having fallen 9.7 per cent in November. The November fall was effected by the RBA rate rise a week earlier and the 32,00 fall in employment ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
... on the Australian Stock Exchange. On the economic side, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute December survey on consumer sentiment is due to be issued. The Australian share market closed marginally higher yesterday, as falls in resources stocks hit by lower ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
... an improvement in business conditions and stability of business confidence, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index showed that consumer pessimism is rising with the index falling 9.7 per cent to its lowest level since the start of 2001 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
... Congress. A jump of more than two per cent in crude oil prices and a weaker-than-expected reading in a gauge of consumer sentiment added to the weaker tone. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 73.24 points to 12,103.30. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
The recent uplift in consumer sentiment as measured by the Westpac survey has not been transferred into much buoyancy in retail sales, as indicated by the ABS monthly release of the data yesterday. Retail sales grew by just 0.1 per cent in seasonally ...