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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after US stocks rallied on the back of fading fear about a clash between Russia and Ukraine forces. At 0656 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 25 points at 5,554. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... disappointing to see it underperforming the US with gains of only 0.6 per cent. It is the middle of the company earnings season and this week would be crucial with 22 per cent of the market's index weight reporting - with the effect significantly more ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday retreated on the eve of Australia's company earnings season. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 76.5 points, or 1.36 per cent, at 5,556.4 points. The broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... local sharemarket has opened flat ahead of the Reserve Bank's interest rate announcement and the full swing of earnings season. All 15 economists surveyed by AAP predict the RBA will leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.5 per cent on Tuesday. But, IG Market ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... expected, so we might see some of those retail consumer staples gaining a bit of ground," she said. "The company earnings season begins in earnest tomorrow, so I think people are also holding back." Australian retail spending rose 0.6 per cent in June ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday retreated on the eve of Australia's company earnings season. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 76.5 points, or 1.36 per cent, at 5,556.4 points. The broader All Ordinaries index ...

Down one day, dip buying the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... says, it's because of earnings. "About 77 percent of the 82 companies in the S&P 500 that have posted results this earnings season beat analysts' profit projections, and 70 percent exceeded sales estimates, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Profit by ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after a solid kickoff to the US earnings season from Alcoa and Federal Reserve minutes that signalled low interest rates for a while longer. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the September ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after a solid kickoff to the US earnings season from Alcoa and Federal Reserve minutes that signalled low interest rates for a while longer. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the September ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... with the market, not just in Australia but globally, with simmering tensions in Ukraine and the end of the US earnings season," Mr Lucas said. Healthcare stocks were the best performers, led by blood plasma producer CSL, which was 75 cents stronger at ...