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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
The Australian market looks ready to open strongly today, following rebounds in Europe and on Wall Street on more positive data overnight, but against a background of extreme volatility. At 0656 AEST on the ASX 24, the September share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
The Australian stock market looks set for another day of declines, after European and US stocks dropped sharply again overnight. At 0725 AEST on the ASX 24, the September share price index futures contract was 99 points lower at 3,995. In economics ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... interconnected in so many different ways these days," Ms Chan said. "The concern now is whether there will be a double-dip in the US market, and secondly, the European situation is still pretty dire." Overseas markets, trading for the first time since ...

Capital protected products shine in gloom

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
Nervous market sentiment is prompting demand for defensive investments and sparking innovation with the Commonwealth Bank pondering new capital protected product structures. Moghseen Jadwat, head of business development for structured investments at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
Australian shares were lower at noon as US politicians continue to squabble over how to resolve their country's debt issues. At 1200 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.1 points, or 0.27 per cent, at 4451.7, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today, after US markets fell for the fifth straight day while the US searches for a solution to its debt crisis. At 0649 AEST on the ASX 24, the September share price index futures contract was nine ...

Higher US interest rates possible on downgrade

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
A ratings downgrade of US sovereign debt would likely result in higher interest rates, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group said today. Financial markets are again in decline, spooked by the threat of the US losing its AAA rating on Treasury securities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
The Australian stock market is expected to open slightly higher today despite a mixed performance on United States markets on Friday. At 0627 AEST on the ASX 24, the September share price index futures contract was up three points at 4,590. On the company ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... said the general market weakness was to be expected on a Friday, with investors sitting back to see what happens on the US market tonight. News Corp shares continue to lose ground, as the phone-hacking scandal widened to US shores with an FBI probe. ...

ASIC heats up insider trading investigations

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has put the corporate advice world on high alert after releasing a report stating it has doubled its investigations into insider trading in the past year. ASIC took over the role as regulator from ...