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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... overnight. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 323.3 points, or 1.61 per cent, to end at 20,356.37. Bargain hunting in Chinese banks and HSBC led the market higher. But analysts said they expected the index to resume falling in the near term because ...

One down, more to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... previously announced. In addition, the temporary liquidity swap arrangements between the Federal Reserve and other central banks will expire on February 1. The Federal Reserve is in the process of winding down its Term Auction Facility: $50 billion in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... a two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, and to see what US fourth quarter growth figures, due on Friday, will look like. Banks in particular were under pressure in light of President Obama's initiative to regulate banking activity while carmakers and ...

Wall Street v Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... So what has changed? What's changed is the tenor of US politics. American taxpayers had every right to be angry at their banks and financial institutions for creating the mess they find themselves in and angrier that they are forced to pay the ransom. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... - Shares in Hong Kong fell as worries over expected credit tightening moves by Beijing continued to weigh on sentiment. Banks and property developers fell amid reports that Chinese authorities had ordered several financial institutions to halt new loans ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
The Australian share market was down more than one per cent at noon with falls across the major banks and resources sector, following concern about plans by US President Obama to reform the banking sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... be company earnings running below "raised" expectations. We thought it would be challenging because major world central banks are getting itchy fingers in withdrawing their quantitative easing programs and/or pondering inching interest rates higher. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... value on Monday following significant falls in US and other world markets on Friday on moves in the US to further regulate banks. At 0730 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 87 points lower at 4,619. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... Rio Tinto lost $2.45, or 3.2 per cent, to $73.10. Fortescue Metals dropped 22 cents, or 4.4 per cent, to $4.77. The major banks added their weight to the slump. ANZ led them lower, falling 60 cents, or 2.6 per cent, to $22.66. Commonwealth Bank fell ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... pulled the stock market lower on Thursday as President Barack Obama proposed rules that would limit the types of trading banks can do with their money. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 200 points after dropping 122 points on Wednesday. The index ...