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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... points higher at 3974 on a volume of 13,650 contracts. Burrell Stockbroking adviser Daniel Manley said the release of GDP figures, which confirmed that Australia avoided a technical recession, had only briefly affected the market. "The market rallied ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... sent the Australian dollar lower. "The market fell further into the red immediately following the release of those GDP figures," Ms Saly said. "It was quite a shock for the market: many were expecting a rise in the fourth quarter. "It was down about ...

Thank you RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... crumbling before our eyes. But somehow after having written this piece and even if today's Australian fourth quarter GDP figures come out worse-than-expected, I am feeling more confident about Australia's economic outlook. Thank you RBA.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... at 1020 AEDT, and was at 3547.4 at 1130 AEDT, up 19.2 points, when the Australian Bureau of Statistics released the GDP figures. But by 1213 AEDT, the index had dropped to 3497.8, down 30.4 points on the day or by almost one per cent. Around noon, BHP ...

Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... Japanese markets will receive a number of economic reports this week, highlighted by the release of second-quarter GDP figures on Wednesday. "The first estimate of Japan's real GDP is forecast to show a 0.3 percent fall in the second quarter, although ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... interest rates and rising petrol costs were continuing to rein in consumer spending. "If the economy is slowing down - GDP figures are coming out later this week which are likely to be a lot lower than people anticipated - that will have an impact on ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... were all up... so you are going to get a good start to our day on the basis of that," Heffernan said. Australia's GDP figures, which yesterday revealed the country's economy had grown 4.2 per cent this year, was supporting the market, too, he said. "The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... Heffernan said the release overnight of positive US GDP data should help erase fears surrounding a US recession. "The US GDP figures came out last night and showed a really robust four per cent growth. That should give the market a bit of confidence ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... Heffernan said the release overnight of positive US GDP data should help erase fears surrounding a US recession. "The US GDP figures came out last night and showed a really robust four per cent growth. That should give the market a bit of confidence ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006
... 500 slipping 11.74 points to 1,377.34 and the Nasdaq retreating 28.48 points to 2,350.62. Heffernan said while the GDP figures in the US came in at 1.6 per cent, there was sufficient data to show that the US economy was in good shape. "That to me was ...