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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... extraordinary general meeting. Woodside Petroleum, Oil Search, Beach Energy, Lihir Gold and Macarthur Coal release December quarter production reports. On Thursday the Australian share market closed lower, weighed down by stocks leveraged to commodity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... brakes on new lending. The quieter finish contrasted with an earlier surge on the back of a better than expected December quarter production report by global miner BHP Billiton. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose seven points, or 0.14 per cent, to 4,868.2 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... one per cent higher at noon after the world's largest miner, BHP Billiton, beat expectations with a surge in December quarter production volumes. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 42.5 points, or 0.87 per cent, at 4,903.7, while the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... resistance." Mr Lewis said profit-takers had hit banks and financials in a cautious move by investors ahead of more December quarter earnings reports on Tuesday and Wednesday by Citigroup before the opening bell in New York on Tuesday, and Bank of America ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... overall market was proving resilient in the face of lower commodity prices and US investment bank JPMorgan's December quarter loss in retail banking announced on Friday. "The market is quite resilient given the results out of the US, particularly the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... after a two-day rally. The bourse took its lead from US markets, which punished Alcoa for reporting a narrowed December quarter loss, with negative sentiment flowing to Australian miners including the aluminium giant's joint venture partner Alumina. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... 4,674. In economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Research Economics releases its December quarter crop report. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases its balance of payments and international investment data for ...

Christmas comes early for job seekers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... profits are also on an upward trend, with 30 per cent of executives now anticipating profits will increase in the December quarter. "The drastic rise in employment expectations is particularly important," said Dun & Bradstreet's chief executive, Christine ...

RBNZ could go zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... It started cutting rates in September last year - three months before real GDP posted negative growth in the December quarter. Australian bond yields are rising because of its positive economic prospects. NZ yields are rising because of negative ones. ...

REST deploys $300m mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... Suisse's Syndicated Loan Fund, while $100 million was deployed into the Stone Tower Offshore Credit Fund during the December quarter. The fund however pumped another $50 million into the Offshore Credit Fund in February. "These investments present the ...