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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on Wall Street and a mixed performance on European markets as traders balanced political progress in Italy, with the surprise re-election of President Giorgio Napolitano, with disappointing earnings ...

A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... the Empire State manufacturing index and the NAHB confidence index dropped and disappointed. Tuesday: S&P 500 up 1.4% as traders forgot all about China and no, US is not slowing. No siree! Not with a 7.0% increase in housing starts that followed an even ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... chatter of this nature is probably less indicative of any belief in the gossip than of the general nervousness amongst traders, as the bleak macro backdrop combines with wild commodity swings, acts of terrorism and unravelling geopolitical situations ...

Collapse does not signal end of gold party

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... liquid alternative to the current fiat reserve currencies emerges. ETF Securities said they had evidence to suggest that traders had driven the recent fall in the price of gold. "In our view it was a classic case of speculative investors taking advantage ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... HONG KONG - Asian shares finished mixed on Tuesday, with earlier losses pared after a huge sell-off on Wall Street, while traders were spooked by a double bombing that hit the Boston Marathon. Tokyo on Tuesday fell 0.41 per cent, or 54.22 points, to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... consumer of raw materials. HONG KONG - Asian markets have slipped after a disappointing batch of Chinese growth figures, with traders keeping a close eye on the Korean peninsula, where military tensions are high. A pick-up in the yen on Monday dragged ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... $17.90 and OceanaGold was down 11.5 per cent, or 27 cents, at $2.08. Australia's dual-listed big two miners were hit by traders' reaction to the commodity price falls and falls in their London-listed shares on Friday. BHP Billiton had declined by $1.32 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... below the 365,000 expected by analysts. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets rose and the euro rallied above $US1.31, as traders seized on news of a successful Italy bond auction and a strong drop in new US unemployment claims. London's FTSE 100 index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... the Dow continued to climb after pressing through another record close on Tuesday, when it ended at 14,673.46 points. Traders appeared to look past US Federal Reserve meeting minutes that suggested the Fed was closer to ending its stimulus measures if ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... cents to $66.40 and National Australia Bank lost nine cents to $30.48. US stocks pared back sharp losses on Friday as traders digested a surprisingly weak March labour report and watched rising global tensions with North Korea. The Dow Jones Industrial ...