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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... Focus for the Future Fund and Nation-Building Funds", in Sydney. On Wednesday, the Australian share market snapped a 11 trading day bull run, closing down more than half a per cent amid profit-taking in the resources sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

QIC's Buckley to expand role

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... last week. Buckley said both Jewell and Smith had been approached and accepted offers to join large Australian banks in trading roles. As a result, Buckley's corporate responsibilities have been mostly dropped and she is now focussing on managing the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... said the market was a mixed bag at noon but was positive overall, continuing the generally buoyant run of the past 10 trading days. At 1201 AEST, mining giant Rio Tinto had added 43 cents to $60.17 and BHP Billiton had gained 16 cents at $38.01. The ...

Greener than green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... Wall Street has run out of puff, a tail wind comes to lift its sails. The Dow and the S&P 500 spent most of last night's trading activity in the red. For most of the session, investors were cashing in the profits they've amassed during the rally of the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket was over one per cent higher at noon, trading almost at a nine month high, as Rio Tinto and other commodity-related stocks gained. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 47.5 points, or 1.16 per cent, at 4137.3 while ...

Loaded one-way bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... There is no doubt in my mind that while economic data will continue to be mixed over the coming months - ergo, volatile trading activity - they are evolving in the positive direction. National governments and central banks - individually or combined ...

Ways to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... the local bourse advancing further. Despite the recent rally, Datastream figures show domestic equities are presently trading around 13.6 times earnings - below the long-term average of 14.7 times. And with company earnings now starting to improve, prices ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... after falling bank stocks ended this week's rally and investment bank Macquarie Group and Macquarie Airports went into a trading halt. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 4.4 points, or 0.11 per cent, at 4,064.1, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

When it's too late

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
... people...nothing to see here. Move on. Aussie investors relying on overnight movements on Wall Street to show them what today's trading activity has in store for them in their own market - up, down or upside down - would have to (gulp!) rely on their ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... pursue growth opportunities and improve its position in the small to medium sized enterprises (SME) market. NAB was in a trading halt at $23.58. US stocks closed on Tuesday with modest gains from choppy trade as the market weighed improved earnings reports ...