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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... news, Fairfax chief executive Greg Hywood is slated to speak at a Melbourne Press Club lunch. In Australia, the market on Thursday firmed slightly to reach its highest close in around six years, boosted by strength in the resources sector. The benchmark ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... following a strong performance on Wall Street where the Dow Jones Industrial Average bolted to a new record. At 0812 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,484. The Dow jumped 77.52 points (0.45 per cent) ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... earnings season from Alcoa and Federal Reserve minutes that signalled low interest rates for a while longer. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,424. In local economic news on Thursday, the ...

Run with bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... Virginia, the financial troubles of Portugal's Banco Espiritu Santo may have stirred market anxiety last week - for one day (Thursday) last week to be exact - but it hasn't shaken the bulls off equities. So much so that you'd be forgiven for thinking ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... meeting for a vote on a change to its constitution that will halt its merger with Horizon Oil. In Australia, the market on Thursday ended a three-day run of losses with modest gains, despite a rise in the unemployment rate. Unemployment rose to six per ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... earnings season from Alcoa and Federal Reserve minutes that signalled low interest rates for a while longer. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,424. In local economic news on Thursday, the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... cent, to 5,511.8. NEW YORK - Wall Street was closed on Friday for the Independence Day public holiday. Wall Street on Thursday rode improving economic data to fresh records this week, spawning comparisons to July 4 fireworks on the eve of the US Independence ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... bit of a slow period," he told AAP. The market will also closely watch a raft of important economic data releases on Thursday, including monthly building approvals and retail trade figures and more. For the banks, National Australia Bank added 10 cents ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... Melbourne Institute and The Australian in Melbourne. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Thursday rose as home building approvals posted their strongest monthly gain in eight months and following strong offshore leads. The ...

Government still mulling response on Senate report

LAURA MILLAN AND AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... Instead, he wants to first consider the report on the issue. Mum and dad investors needed to be protected, Abbott said on Thursday, but there also needed to be maintenance of a market where inevitably people do face a certain amount of risk. "It's a ...