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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
The Australian share market is trading at six-and-a-half month lows at noon, with investor confidence low due to instability in world markets and the effects of the crisis in Japan. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 6.7 points lower at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
The Australian market is set for heavy falls when it opens on Thursday with world markets again diving due to fears of a nuclear crisis in Japan. On the ASX 24 at 0733 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was down 76 points at 4,491, indicating ...

ASX builds rival platform take on Chi-X

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
The ASX is set to introduce its own new products for equity traders as it loses its hold on Australian equities trading and prepares for the new competitive market starting later this year. Reacting to the Australian Securities and Investments Commissions ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
The Australian share market was continuing to rise at noon as investors buy back into stocks that were sold off in the wake of Japan's crisis. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 50.7 points, or 1.12 per cent, at 4,579.4 points, while ...

Unknown unknowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
"Beware the ides of March." I thought I wasn't going to get to use this phrase as some form of metaphor for financial market behaviour this month. There were concerns over escalating price of oil due to tensions in the Middle East and Africa, there ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
The Australian market has received negative leads from world equity and commodities markets as the sell-off continues due to the nuclear danger looming in Japan. However on the ASX 24 at 0736 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was up ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
The Australian dollar was slightly weaker at noon as market jitters over the devastation in Japan escalate with news of another explosion at a nuclear power plant. At 1200 AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at 100.65 US cents, down from Monday's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
The Australian market has received strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, as world markets reflect uncertainty over the effects of political turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East, and the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. On the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
The Australian dollar was higher at noon, amid speculation demand for commodities will ratchet up in the wake of the devastating earthquake in Japan. At 1200 AEDT on Monday, the local unit was trading at 100.88 US cents, up from Friday's local close ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
The Australian market has received positive leads from Wall Street over the weekend, although world markets appear tentative as they assess the impact of the Japanese earthquake on Friday. On the ASX 24 at 0718 AEDT, the March share price index futures ...