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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... Europe, markets firmed as they position for the next European Central Bank (ECB) announcement on economic stimulus. IG Markets strategist Stan Shamu said strong US economic data and potential stimulus in the Euro zone and Japan has put global equities ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... despite ongoing optimism driven by positive US earnings, the local market remains cautious of geo-political risks. IG Markets analyst Stan Shamu said the Australian share market was taking a breather ahead of the HSBC manufacturing flash PMI data due ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... despite ongoing optimism driven by positive US earnings, the local market remains cautious of geo-political risks. IG Markets analyst Stan Shamu said the Australian share market was taking a breather ahead of the HSBC manufacturing flash PMI data due ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... record closing highs overnight. And strong recovery in Australian banking stocks was also giving the market a boost, IG Markets dealer Chris Weston said. "Yesterday, the banks got absolutely smashed. That was the sector that saw our market underperform," ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... which lifted the euro, US Treasuries, and equities. This has helped give Australian equities a boost on Friday morning, IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said. "The main sector to benefit from this is the banks. Gold miners are doing well too," ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... stocks are giving up many of the week's gains in response to a technology sector driven slide on Wall Street overnight. IG markets strategist Chris Weston said the sell-off in the US was driven by a plunge in tech stocks, which have fallen out of favour ...

Market down on Ukraine unrest

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... Yanukovych. The deepening crisis has scared investors away from riskier assets, including equities and risk currencies, IG Markets market strategist Evan Lucas said. "The US futures plummeted at 10am (AEDT); the Dow was down about 112 points and the ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... point away from its record closing high of 1,848.38. Local stocks were up by nearly a third of a per cent on open, but IG Markets strategist Stan Shamu said the gain was not as significant as anticipated. "It seems that the pullback in US equities at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... 0.4 per cent in January, the second straight monthly decline. Investors explained away the decline to weather events, IG Markets dealer Chris Weston said. "We are certainly finishing the week on a positive note and that's being underpinned by some modest ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... $1.7 billion for the six months to December 31, up from $1.56 billion a year ago. "Clearly, it's supporting," said IG Markets dealer Chris Weston. "When you've got a near 5% weighting on our market, the fact it's up is a positive." The Telco also raised ...