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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... decline in oil prices weighed on heavyweight oil majors and investors shrugged off disappointing consumer sentiment data. Trading volume and news flow were sparse ahead of the weekend. After swaying in and out of positive territory, the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... points lower than Thursday's close at 4038.8. ABN Amro Morgans private client adviser Bill Bishop said it was good day of trading at the end of a good week. "The market is going is going extremely well at the moment," Mr Bishop told AAP. "The banks are ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... Thursday helped but weren't enough to keep the pace of buying strong. Stocks rose to their highest levels in afternoon trading when the Treasury Department said an auction for 30-year Treasury bonds attracted strong demand. That allowed investors to ...

Slippery - watch your step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... of the US dollar and expectations of further declines in the greenback are pushing oil prices higher. This is because trading in crude is done in US dollars. Oil prices go up when the US$ goes down to compensate producers for the decline in the exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... and jolt the economy from prolonged recession. LONDON - Europe's leading stock markets were little changed in nervous trading, while in the United States investors' concern grew over movement in the key government bond markets. London's FTSE index closed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... Australian shares are expected to open lower after commodity prices including gold, copper, and oil declined in overnight trading. At 0704 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 18 points lower at 3,940. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... 71 points lower at 3952 on a volume of 16,312 contracts. Intersuisse director of equities Andrew Sekely said Thursday trading provided a reality check for the market. "The market is down a bit, which is not altogether surprising," Mr Sekely told AAP. ...

Instinet launches Newport 3

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
US-based electronic trading firm Instinet breaks new ground with the global launch of its "third-generation" trading execution platform and separately, in Australia, the local arm's foray into providing transition management services for super funds. ...

ESSSuper closes Cash Plus option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... as well as trusts that aim to deliver returns in excess of cash returns, a strategy that was viable in bull markets by trading cash enhanced financial instruments. "Ordinarily in normal investment conditions, financial instruments of this type can be ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... ten points lower at 3,741 on a volume of 7,616 contracts. ABN Amro Morgans private client adviser Bill Bishop said the trading day would continue to be fairly flat. "Some of these bank shares are heading down, but it is a rather directionless day," Mr ...