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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher despite falls on Wall Street and European markets overnight following a spike in Spanish bond yields. At 0825 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up five points at ...

Barclays chief resigns

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has resigned after coming under fire from both politicians and regulators in the wake of the Libor interest rate fixing scandal. In stepping down, Diamond said the "external pressure placed on Barclays has reached ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after US and European bourses rose on hopes the European Central Bank and the Bank of England would introduce new stimulus measures this week and reports of strong June sales from the leading US auto makers. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher despite a mixed performance on Wall Street overnight after news that manufacturing contracted for the first time in almost three years, raising concerns the United States has joined a global industrial ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... it confirmed it was considering splitting into two publicly traded companies. The Wall Street Journal reported late on Monday (US time) that a split would put the entertainment arm, including the 20th Century Fox film business and the Fox TV networks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher following rises on the US and major European markets despite growing concern on the euro zone ahead of a key European Union leaders meeting. At 0726 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... appeared still-divided on how they will address their crisis in the coming crunch summit for the euro zone. At the close on Monday (US time) the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 138.12 points (1.09 per cent) to 12,502.66 at the close of trade. European ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open more than three quarters of a per cent lower after falls on the US and European markets overnight. At 0840 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 34 points, or 0.83 per cent, at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
Australian shares have opened higher following gains on Wall Street and European markets, as Rupert Murdoch makes a move to dominate Australia's pay television industry. At 1030 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 32.1 points, or ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
The Australian share market was lower at noon as investors looked beyond the positive election result in Greece to an upcoming meeting of the US central bank. It is hoped that the US Federal Reserve at a meeting on Wednesday will undertake new stimulus ...