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Carpe Diem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... year to come, but it has come. The Dow Jones Industrial Index crossed the psychological 10,000 mark, ending last night's trading activity 1.5 higher at 10,015.86 points. Yeah...yeah, it's just a number. But it's 'the' number that could finally make remaining ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... average has closed above 10,000 points for the first since October 3, 2008. The Dow crossed five figures in afternoon trading, seven months after it hit a 12-year low of 6,547.05 on March 9. The comeback by the stock market's best-known indicator is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... index lost 44.41 points, or 1.15 per cent, to end at 3,801.39 points. TOKYO - Japan's market rose for a fifth straight trading day after being closed on Monday for a public holiday. A weaker yen boosted exporters, while steel stocks performed well after ...

Ord Minnett appoints sales head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... sales. Wolff will focus on servicing Ord Minnett's institutional clients in the emerging company sector, including its trading and execution capabilities, company research and capital raising activities. Wolff has 20 years experience in the financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... Dutch company Royal Philips Electronics, which sent Britain's leading stock indicator to its highest level in a year. Trading on Monday was light as much of the US observed the Columbus Day holiday. No major economic reports are scheduled and government ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... morning's high, as banking stocks declined on the view that they've already had a good run. Local stocks had gained in early trading after US shares rose to a new high for the year on Friday, and as miners gained on a better-than expected production ...

Earnings surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... But it might be different this time. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq narrowly escaped a broadly down day during last night's trading - both ending 0.3 per cent higher - while the Dow slipped by 0.1 per cent after Alcoa, America's biggest aluminium producer ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... meeting in Sydney. On Monday, the Australian share market finished in the red after bank stocks lost ground in directionless trading ahead of the Reserve Bank's interest rate decision. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 15 points, or 0.33 per cent ...

Shadow of a doubt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... exchanges were also flashing green numbers at their close and odds are Australasian markets would show similar results when trading ends in our time zone today. This was to be expected for the US economic numbers - released while we were sleeping - were ...

Elders sells 51pc FP stake to Millenium3

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... The joint venture will have exclusive distribution rights through the Elders network for a period of at least 20 years. Trading will continue under the Elders Financial Planning name and branding will be retained. Helen Lorigan, who has been general ...