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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following Wall Street's mixed performance after prominent corporate deals and a drop in pending home sales. At 0810 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was down seven points ...

Dip-buying pays

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... loss into a small plus 0.03% gain by the close. Bloomberg says this is because of "merger activity and optimism over corporate earnings". As if! As if, companies only started merging and acquiring around 1030 hours (NY time) - about the time dip buyers ...

It's all about the US week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... payroll number is going to be strong," said Phyllis Papadavid, a senior global-currency strategist at BNP Paribas SA's corporate and investment-banking unit in London, on July 23." By the by, the unemployment rate is expected to remain at 6.1% in July. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... have finished little changed with the S&P 500 inching to a new record following mixed US economic data and a flood of corporate earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 2.83 points (0.02 per cent) to 17,083.80, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
The Australian stock market has opened flat despite another strong session on Wall Street led by corporate giants Apple and Facebook. A strong demand for iPhones in China lifted Apple fiscal third quarter profits up by 11.6 per cent and helped the computing ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
The Australian stock market has opened flat despite another strong session on Wall Street led by corporate giants Apple and Facebook. A strong demand for iPhones in China lifted Apple fiscal third quarter profits up by 11.6 per cent and helped the computing ...

ASX200 companies 'poor' on gender diversity disclosure

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... companies are still applying a largely minimal standard mindset to the reporting of their diversity obligations," BlackRock corporate governance and responsible investment director in Asia Pacific Pru Bennett said. This is the third year that BlackRock ...

Banks will struggle to profit from super: Sunsuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... practices are unsustainable. Hartley, who before joining Sunsuper in January was in charge of National Australian Bank's corporate superannuation businesses, did not however address whether increased market share would make up for drop in fees. The big ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... finished 0.36 per cent higher after investors welcomed the best existing-home sales figures in eight months and more corporate earnings results. BHP Billiton was the star of the local market, reporting record production of iron ore and coal. At 1025 ...

Arrows and more arrows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... prices to start heading south again. The BOJ's quarterly survey of senior loan officers from 50 banks showed that: The corporate funds demand index printed at plus 5 in July - unchanged form April but down from plus 8 in January. It's expected to fall ...