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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... session. Metals and minerals stocks were the best-performing sector, having risen 2.0 per cent at the start of trade. Materials stocks (up 1.67 per cent) and gold stocks (up 1.54 per cent) were also doing well. US stocks surged to their highest closing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... index futures contract was up 39 points at 4,321, with 8,387 contracts traded. IG Markets analyst Chris Weston said the materials sector was leading the charge as investors saw value in punished mining stocks. "The lead from overseas was lacklustre ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... Meanwhile, energy stocks were up 0.66 per cent, while consumer staples had also risen 0.66 per cent. Financials and materials - Australia's two big market sectors - were up 0.15 per cent and 0.03 per cent, respectively. However, gold stocks were down ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... worst-performer at the open having fallen 0.71 per cent, according to IRESS data. Gold stocks were down 0.7 per cent, while the materials sector was off 0.66 per cent. On a positive note, defensive sectors such as healthcare (up 0.76 per cent) and telecoms ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... with a 1.09 per cent gain, according to IRESS data. Big market sectors such as industrial stocks (up 0.43 per cent), materials stocks (up 0.24 per cent) and financials (up 0.23 per cent) were also in positive territory. Telecoms were down 0.4 per cent. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... 75 cents after posting a half year loss of $14.6 million, blaming lower prices and a weak aluminium market. Building materials provider Adelaide Brighton also lost 30 cents to $2.95 after it lifted its first half net profit by nearly 10 per cent and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... results released from the Commonwealth Bank, and the health care sector also rose." "The only lag at the moment is the materials sector, and we saw slight losses from Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton to begin the day." In local economic news on Wednesday the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... and not say when it will start," Mr Weston told AAP. "I think trading will be in tight ranges here (in Australia) with materials and energy stocks thrown around the most. If we do get big risks off tonight (at the ECB meeting) those stocks will get smashed ...

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Noi! Noi! Noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... how Bloomberg saw it 5 days ago: "Commodities are losing their influence over currencies of nations that depend on raw materials exports as traders seek havens from the deficit and debt turmoil roiling the European Union, U.S. and Japan. As the Standard ...

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... news out of America. While Alcoa beat earnings estimates, those that followed - notably, Advanced Micro and Applied Materials - slashed their earnings outlook. You want more. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Optimism ...