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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open trading higher this morning, with anticipated impact on the mining sector after BHP Billiton last night announced it had made a STG120 billion ($A272.05 billion) takeover bid for Rio Tinto. If successful ...

ASIC to sue Westpoint

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is to take legal action against Westpoint, and planner groups that recommended Westpoint products, on behalf of investors who lost a combined $320 million when the property group collapsed ...

Sub-prime chewing up financials

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
While the sub-prime mortgage monster continues gnawing away at financial stocks, oil is boiling towards $100 a barrel and China is snatching wads of its foreign cash reserves away from the green back. The US financial sector is still suffering a sub-prime-mauling ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to begin today's trade lower, with Wall Street down in afternoon trade and metal prices also down overnight. At 0819 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was down 138 points to 6549. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is likely to open higher this morning, as the New York market looks set to end on a positive note, the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision on interest rates is announced, and base metal prices in London were higher overnight. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
Australian shares were higher at noon on thin trading because of Melbourne Cup Day. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 60.9 points higher to 6643.2, while the All Ordinaries was 52.4 points stronger to 6672.5. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly on the positive side this morning, on the eve of the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate decision and despite losses on Wall Street. At 0807 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December ...

Deck the halls with interest rate hikes

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
Looks like the May budget's tax cuts have poured straight into cash registers as retail spending data has shown a blow-out that has the market not just certain Cup Day will win us a rate hike but there will likely be another one under the Christmas ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
Australian shares continued to take losses at noon, following a sharp fall on Wall Street overnight after brokerages downgraded Citigroup and Bank of America. After closing at record highs yesterday, both key Australian indices were hit hard in morning ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
The Australian market is expected to open to sharp losses, weighed down by weak base metal prices and a poor result on Wall Street. At 0805 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was down 134 points to 6710 on a volume of ...