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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
The Australian share market was mildly higher at noon as financial stocks experienced gains and after a positive lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 22.7 points, or 0.68 per cent, at 3,368.1, while the broader ...

S&P launches carbon index

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... cap US companies with low carbon emissions. The index closely tracks the S&P 500 and is rebalanced every quarter whereby stocks in the S&P 500 are ranked by their carbon footprint. The top 100 stocks with the highest carbon footprint, that won't affect ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... lending finance for January. On Friday, the Australian stock market closed more than three per cent stronger after financial stocks drove the biggest one day percentage gain in over three months. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 109.7 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... with ANZ down 17 cents at $12.98, Westpac losing 32 cents to $16.55 and Commonwealth Bank falling 25 cents to $28.36. US stocks ended marginally higher overnight, with profit-taking eating into early gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 3.91 ...

iShares adds three

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... evolutionary advance on the traditional index fund and offer diversification and cost benefits over investments in individual stocks and unlisted managed funds. They essentially merge the benefits and liquidity of shares with the market tracking ability ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
Australian stocks have been buoyed by Wall Street's overnight rebound, maintaining an almost two per cent surge throughout Wednesday morning. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 62 points, or 1.95 per cent, at 3,246.5 while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... "Everyone is sitting on the sidelines, and anyone who wants to sell has sold." Uncertainty continues to plague financial stocks, he said. Australia's major lenders were mostly stronger, with Commonwealth Bank gaining 93 cents, or 3.49 per cent, to $27.57 ...

Strike equities now: JANA

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... markets will rebound or continue to fall - but the investment consultant prizes a disciplined approach and with good value stocks abounding in the market, now is the time to strike. "Buy when markets are cheap - like they are [now]," he said. And while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... With little good economic news or direction from Washington, the pessimism on Wall Street intensified on Monday, sending stocks lower. The market seesawed early in the session as investors were torn between hopes for the financial sector and fears about ...

KBC blocks water fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... to outperform the MCSI World on a rolling three-year basis. The fund invested in a diversified portfolio of roughly 60 stocks, 80 per cent of the stocks are small cap companies. The KBC Global Water fund was added to the BT Superannuation and BT Investments ...