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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... cash rate sits at 2.75 per cent. Gains from mining-related companies were offset by weakness in the financial sector. Materials stocks were up 0.6 per cent, with BHP having risen 13 cents to $34.22 and Rio up 83 cents at $54.63. By contrast, Three of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... cash rate sits at 2.75 per cent. Gains from mining-related companies were offset by weakness in the financial sector. Materials stocks were up 0.6 per cent, with BHP having risen 13 cents to $34.22 and Rio up 83 cents at $54.63. By contrast, Three of ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... down 1.9 per cent in early trade, and one of the worst performers. The financial sector was down 0.19 per cent and the materials sector off 1.04 per cent. With the outlook for commodities uncertain given indications of a slowing Chinese economy, there ...

Affinia appoints new national manager

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... responsibilities include being a conduit between the licensee and its APL partners, as well as production of training and education materials for practitioners. Gnanendran joins Affinia from AMP where he was manager, risk research, a role he held for ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... manufacturing data was a bit flat to slightly on the bottom-weak side which has seen commodities pull off and which has seen the materials sector pull back," he said. The mining giants all opened lower. BHP Billiton fell 20 cents to $31.97, Rio Tinto ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... "It's all about commodities today," IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said. "We've seen a nice little jump in the materials names: BHP, Rio, Newcrest." Mr Shamu said resources stocks had bounced after looking like they had been a little oversold. ...

Govt starts super reforms campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... billboards. The website, http://superfuture.gov.au/ contains information for employers, individuals and super funds. Campaign materials are explained in 21 languages, including five indigenous languages. The centrepiece of the campaign is explaining ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... not help." The data sparked a sell-off of mining stocks in Europe on Monday because China is a major consumer of raw materials. HONG KONG - Asian markets have slipped after a disappointing batch of Chinese growth figures, with traders keeping a close ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... further. "All else equal, the more growth there can be in China, the more demand there will ultimately be for basic materials," added Briefing.com's Patrick O'Hare. London trading was also lifted by news that manufacturing output rose 0.8 per cent in ...

ESG risks can wipe $21.4bn off sharemarket: study

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... $6.2 billion and the media sector, which could loose $5.5 billion. However, the average percentage shows that building materials would suffer the greatest impact with losses of 14%, followed by media, which stands to lose about 8%. "The issues that News ...