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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... quarter production reports. On Wednesday, the Australian share market closed over one per cent higher after finance sector stocks and Woolworths boosted the market. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 51.5 points, or 1.5 per cent, at 3,495.5, while ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
The Australian share market was in positive territory at noon, led by banking stocks, but energy stocks were lower after a drop in the crude oil price overnight. At 1202 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 29.4 points, or 0.85 per cent, at 3,473.4 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... Tuesday, the Australian share market closed around three per cent higher after stronger commodity prices boosted resources stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 101.3 points, or 3.03 per cent, at 3444, while the broader All Ordinaries index lifted ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
The Australian share market was over two per cent higher at noon, led by resources stocks, after metals prices rose overnight. The local market was closed on Monday for the Australia Day public holiday. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... On Friday, the Australian share market closed down by just over four cent to a near five-year low as bank and resource stocks were weighed down by continuing concern about the health of the global economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 144.1 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... mmboe was within its guidance range. Shares in Santos fell 53 cents, or 3.79 per cent, to $13.47 at 1208 AEDT. Other energy stocks also were weak. Woodside softened 78 cents, or 2.24 per cent, to $33.98 at 1208 AEDT, and Oil Search had shrunk seven cents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... market volatility. Unease about the stability of the financial sector continued to plague investors Thursday, and bank stocks took another beating. In preliminary closing figures, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had fallen 110.31, or 1.34 per cent ...

ASIC extends short selling ban till March

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
ASIC has extended the ban on covered short selling of financial stocks until 6 March, opposing the move of its UK counterpart FSA, which lifted its shorting ban last week. The regulator is concerned about lifting the ban after the Financial Services ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... IBM gave Wall Street a reprieve from bad news on Wednesday and investors responded by taking a break from selling, with stocks, already in positive territory, surging again in late trading. Gains by technology stocks and a partial rebound in financial ...

Legalsuper members favour Aussie shares

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... brings the total investments in the option to $2.2 million as of December last year. The cause? Investors eyeing good value stocks in the local sharemarket and snapping up opportunities to buy shares while stocks are down, according to legalsuper chief ...