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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... their toll on the Australian share market, which lost 0.6 per cent in trading on Monday morning as banks and resources stocks sold off. By 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 36.4 points, or 0.82 per cent, at 4424.6, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Fear not a rate rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... of the bullishness in domestic shares could be gleaned from the sharp 19 per cent appreciation in the market's Top 100 stocks and an even sharper 38.6 per cent leap in the local bourse's smaller capitalisation stocks. This makes it hardly surprising ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US stocks gained, despite disappointing news on retail sales and jobs. Higher precious metals and oil prices are expected to lift the local bourse, too. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... market is) looking rather robust," Macquarie Private Wealth adviser Helen Spencer said. "The financials and building related stocks are the star performers today. "James Hardie, benefiting from some broker upgrades and some positive commentary on US ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US stocks rose after the Federal Reserve said the economy was stabilising. Higher precious metals and oil prices are expected to lift the local bourse, too. At 0715 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Irrationally exuberant greater fool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in the red after US stocks fell overnight on a recurrence of investor anxiety about the US economy. Lower oil, silver and copper prices are expected to weigh on the local bourse, too, although gold rose ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
... since October 14 last year. The broader All Ordinaries index gained 6.1 points, or 0.14 per cent, to 4309.2. NEW YORK - US stocks ended lower Monday on profit-taking after four winning weeks and ahead of a meeting of Federal Reserve policymakers who ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket has risen almost one per cent to trade at a fresh 10-month high at noon, led by property stocks, on more signs the US economy may be pulling out of recession. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 40.2 points ...

Leverage key to recovery: UBS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... Meanwhile the market's 30 per cent rally in the last few months have prompted some advisers to return to looking at speculative stocks including mining companies - a risky move, according to Small. "I'm always of the view that you're better off leveraging ...