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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 203.52 points, or 2.03 per cent. Ms Saly said the focus was on banking stocks, after better than expected news from the US banks and good quarterly results from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia on Monday. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
The Australian stock market has received a strong lead from overseas, with Wall Street's key stocks indices all higher and commodities prices firmer. At 0826 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index futures contract was 78 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket was over 1.5 per cent higher at noon led by gains in financial stocks on a strong trading performance by Commonwealth Bank and takeover talks among insurers. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 74.9 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
The Australian market has received mixed leads from overseas for trading on Monday, with Wall Street's key stocks indices all higher, along with gold, but other commodities lower. At 0746 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... prices may dent company earnings. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended down 32.1 points, or 0.71 per cent, at 4508, as stocks fell across the board. The broader All Ordinaries index dropped 28.4 points, or 0.62 per cent, to 4519.2, the lowest since September ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... broad-based sell-off, although a higher oil price overnight drove gains in the energy sector and investors flocked to healthcare stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 14.9 points, or 0.33 per cent, at 4525.2 points at 1203 AEDT, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... a positive reaction to Westpac's full year earnings results, encouraging economic data and a strong performance by gold stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ended up 8.6 points, or 0.19 per cent, at 4,540.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... The Australian share market was flat at noon after a mixed lead from the US and despite gains among financial and gold stocks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.7 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,534.2 points, while the broader All ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... drew only modest comfort from billionaire investor Warren Buffett's decision to buy one of the nation's largest railroads. Stocks were off their earlier lows by early afternoon, though, as energy and industrial stocks spiked, driven higher by rising ...

MFS on expansion trail

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... local presence," said Manning. "And it may not necessarily be because we need to buy Chinese equities but more that the stocks we own in our portfolios are global in nature." In Australia, the group has hired another executive (the group now has two) ...