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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... 0.64 per cent, to 4,900.1. NEW YORK - The stock market turned mostly higher on Wednesday, following the lead of financial stocks as the heads of several big banks testified before US Congress about the financial crisis. Stocks fluctuated for much of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... close at 10,879.14, its highest since October 2008. The broader Topix gained 1.4 per cent to 954.13. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks closed 0.38 per cent lower on Tuesday as dealers moved to take profits following recent gains. The benchmark Hang Seng Index ...

Fund managers pick what's hot in 2010

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
Fund managers are predicting strong returns from financial, industrial and media stocks while one manager is forecasting the local market to hit 5,600 by December next year. Paul Taylor, head of Australian equities at Fidelity International, said he ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... per cent, at 4,673.5, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 19.6 points, or 0.42 per cent, to 4,687.8. NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower on Tuesday after wholesale inflation rose more than expected in November, led by a surge in energy costs. The increase ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... gives the market a bit of a boost and, fortunately, most of the activity today is sharemarket positive." Mining and energy stocks all were higher. BHP Billiton was up 38 cents at $41.03 and rival miner Rio Tinto had added 70 cents to $71.21. In the energy ...

Dubai games

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... creditors after making them sweat for almost three weeks. Financial markets cheered. And to borrow Bloomberg's headline, "Stocks Rise, Default Swaps, Dollar Drop Following Dubai Bailout". Maybe it's because of the silly season that financial markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... 0.41 per cent, at 4,654, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 16.8 points, or 0.36 per cent, to 4,668.2. NEW YORK - US stocks finished higher on Monday after a bailout of the troubled emirate of Dubai helped allay fears of another wave of global credit ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... Australian sharemarket was lower at noon with weaker financial and resources sectors offsetting gains in retail and consumer stocks. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 13.7 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 4,621.5, while the broader All ...

ACSI voting service attracts five members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... to vote the proxies of companies they invest in. The service provides a complete voting package for 500 of the largest stocks in the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Byrne said super funds would be forced to navigate through different red tape for each company ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... 4,635.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index rose 28.5 points, or 0.62 per cent, to 4,651.4 points. NEW YORK - US stocks mostly rose on Friday on signs that consumers and businesses were feeling more confident about the US economy after better-than-expected ...