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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street and European bourses overnight. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down 11 points at 4,062. In economic news on Friday, The Australian ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
"Here comes that rainy day feeling again, and soon my tears will be falling like rain..." (The Fortunes) Looks like I have to prefix my surname with the letters W and R for while I correctly anticipated that heightened volatility in the financial markets ...

Bad news? What bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... and Handelsbanken - dropping. It's a similar story in Norway -- the Oslo SE OBX index climbed by 0.6% and its 10-year bond yield declined by two basis points. "Get behind me Satan." Wall Street was not in the mood for bad news either. The S&P 500 index ...

Grexit and the games people play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
It is ironic that the country that brought the world the story of the "Sword of Damocles" is itself now that very sword dangling precariously above the heads of world financial markets. Any moment now. Events in Greece over the past few days have jacked ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
The Australian dollar is three quarters of a US cent higher after a successful Spanish bond auction reduced fears of a fresh European debt crisis. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the currency was trading at 103.89 US cents, up from 103.14 cents on Tuesday ...

Dip buyers buy the dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
The Gremlins are coming back to haunt. Or so it'll seem as you read reports reporting that, once again, we're doomed. Yes Virginia, you'll be scared off your pants to know that the S&P 500 index posted its biggest weekly loss in 2012. It fell an earth-shattering ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
Australian stocks have opened slightly higher, driven by gains in the US overnight. At 1020 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 17.4 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 4,263.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 17.8 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
The Australian dollar has fallen on weakened euro zone markets. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said the local currency had been pushed down by moves in Europe, and as the US dollar regained some strength. "There's a clear downtrend ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
If there's one thing I regret about last night's financial market activity it's that Wall Street and European bourses did not slide bigger time. It would have been one hell of a buy-op, ey Virginia? Another chance to accumulate more at reduced prices. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
The Australian dollar has dropped on concerns about Chinese growth coupled with renewed fears for the euro zone. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 102.50 US cents, down from 103.03 cents on Tuesday. Bank of New Zealand ...