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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
The Australian sharemarket was marginally higher at noon with positive results in the resources and financial sectors. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 9.5 points higher, by 0.2 per cent, at 4,683, while the broader All Ordinaries had ...

Australians as Asians

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
So that's why the RBA raised interest rates...again! Australia is an Asian country.The Age reports that "a Lowy Institute poll of Chinese public opinion on world affairs, to be released today, shows Australia is accepted as an Asian nation, with an ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... Resources Ltd. Australian stocks fell almost three per cent on Friday, as fears about Dubai's debt woes hammered the financial sector and wiped $38 billion off the market's value. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index plunged 136.5 points, or 2.9 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
The Australian stock market was more than one per cent lower at noon, with the major miners and financial sectors weaker. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 61.6 points lower, or by 1.3 per cent, at 4,687.6, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... opened strong but was drifting back a little bit heading towards noon. "It's being led by commodities and the financial sector," he said. "It's getting strength out of the US session. "The Australian market was really drifting side-ways, no-one wanted ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket was nearly one per cent lower at noon with weakness in the financial sector and as some investors anticipate the "September effect". At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 44.1 cents, or 0.96 per cent, at 4552 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket was almost one per cent higher at noon following gains in the financial sector and among the gold stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 41.9 points, or 0.94 per cent, at 4496.3, while the broader All ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket remained in positive territory at noon after gains in the financial sector and among consumer staple stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 34.8 points, or 0.78 per cent, at 4513.9, while the broader All ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... relatively flat at noon as losses in the major miners and other large stocks such as Telstra offset gains in the financial sector. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 4.3 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 4493.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket was higher at noon on hefty gains in the financial sector. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 49.7 points, or 1.14 per cent, at 4392.8, while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen 51 points, or 1.17 ...