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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... "The major influences on the market are the commodities, which were all a bit firmer overnight. "A lot of the commodity stocks are firmer and there is a more positive sentiment out there," he said. At 1203 AEST, shares in BHP Billiton Ltd were up 24 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... share market closed flat on Thursday for the second consecutive day, as better than expected employment figures helped stocks rebound from early losses. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 4.6 points, or 0.12 per cent, lower at 3763.3, and the broader ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... dipped 38 cents to $39.82, Santos had gained 26 cents to $13.23 and Oil Search had eased one cent to $5.16. "Materials stocks continue to be hurt by base metal prices," Mr Lewis said. "Once again, overnight, we saw copper, zinc and nickel pretty low ...

Market Wrap - Midday

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... particularly the US," ABN Amro Morgans Ipswich Tony Russell said. "It's being led down by the resources sector. "Our financial stocks are quite mixed," he said. "As a result of weaker oil prices, oil stocks are down." New York's main contract, light ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... or 50 year lows," CommSec market analyst Steve Daghlian said. The banking sector had capped losses in mining and energy stocks in early trade but had also slid into negative territory at noon, Mr Daghlian said. Lower commodity prices overnight had hampered ...

Pengana Asian Equities up 20pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... per cent to 10 per cent and hedged against the swift (and record) fall of the Australian dollar well before Asian equity stocks (and the Aussie dollar at one point) practically went on freefall. "We generated positive returns by managing the volatility ...

Experts pick top stocks and sectors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
Financial planners should look towards the mining sector and good value small to mid-cap stocks to boost returns in Australian equities allocations over the next two years, according to industry experts. Craig James, chief equities economist at CommSec ...

Desktop Broker signs on 17 clients

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... advanced charting director's trading and changes to substantial holdings. There are also buy/sell recommendations, list of stocks at their 52 week highs or low, visual depth chart for the markets and tracking of unusual volumes of stock trades.

Focus on quality: T. Rowe Price

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
While the worst of the liquidity crisis seems to be behind us, one fund manager focuses on "quality" stocks even as latest market data shows that some investors are rotating out of the defensive sector too soon and too fast. Rob Gensler, portfolio manager ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... Street closed for a holiday. HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices finished 0.14 per cent higher, supported by gains in energy stocks due to lower oil prices and improved demand for coal. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 25.35 points to 18,203.40. WELLINGTON ...