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Industry furious at financial advice swap

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... services industry responded with ire after the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) laws were demolished in the Senate overnight. Labor, the Greens and four crossbenchers, including Palmer United Party's Jacqui Lambie, argued the Coalition's proposed changes ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... pulled back by the big miners and major banks. Investors largely ignored gains on markets in the United States and Europe overnight, and instead fretted over lower iron ore prices. "It was concerning for investors in iron ore stocks to see the iron ore ...

One swallow says it's springtime for Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... in November after falling month after month after month since December last year. The Euro Stoxx 50 index gained 1.2% overnight as did Spain's IBEX-35; the CAC-40 went up by 0.9% and Italy's MIB index closed 0.7% higher. Germany's DAX index - surprise ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... Industrial Average and S&P 500 finished virtually flat while the Nasdaq lost ground. "It's pretty much what we expected from overnight developments," he said. In the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton gained 18 cents to $33.40 in early trade ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... mogul Rupert Murdoch confirmed his part-owned pay TV company Foxtel is looking at buying a stake in Ten. On Wall Street overnight, stocks pushed higher with the Dow Jones Industrial Average striking a new record, spurred by strong results from Walmart ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher on the back of modest gains in European and US stocks overnight. The December share price index futures contract was up three points at 5,452. Wall Street and European stocks are slightly higher ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after losses on Wall Street and European stock markets overnight. At 0715 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 10 points at 5,478. Locally on Thursday Reserve Bank assistant ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... chief executive of James Packer's Consolidated Press Holdings which holds a 50.1 per cent stake in Crown. On Wall Street overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 indices edged to fresh records after the US economy added 214,000 jobs ...

market wrap PM

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... pressure as two major banks go ex-dividend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 again closed at record highs overnight, for the second consecutive session. But the local market's early gains could be short-lived as several stocks, including ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... Australian share market has opened higher after US markets hit new highs. The Dow and S&P 500 closed at fresh records overnight after the Republicans took power in both US houses of Congress and lifted hopes for pro-business policies. The strong US leads ...