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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market was down over one per cent at noon after ANZ Banking Group Ltd flagged a $1.2 billion provision and forecast its annual earnings to fall by up to a quarter. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 60.7 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after Wall St rose Friday on better-than-expected manufacturing and housing data. At 0650 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract rose 24 points to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market was down about three per cent at noon after National Australia Bank (NAB) reported further losses related to its exposure to complex US mortgage-backed debt securities. The local bourse was also following Wall Street, which ...

AXA direct property assets tops $900m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
AXA has slashed its listed property trust allocation from 40 per cent to 7.5 per cent and diverted the funds to more than double its direct property assets to $942 million. The group's wholesale Australian property fund has amassed a direct property ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after US stocks declined overnight as a weaker-than-expected housing market report was released. At 0736 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract fell ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
The Australian equities made it through a volatile morning to be slightly up at noon, but metals, mining, energy, materials and IT capped any major gains. In the US overnight major indices rose moderately although the NASDAQ climbed nearly one per cent ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open in higher after US stocks rose modestly overnight amid another sharp decline in crude oil prices. At 0722 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract added 12 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
The Australian equities market was trading higher at midday led by improved sentiment toward the financial sector after Wall Street closed up more than one per cent overnight. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 77.4 points, or 1.55 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open in positive territory after Wall Street closed sharply higher overnight as another drop in oil prices improved investor sentiment. At 0811 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
The Australian equities market was down at midday, following modest losses on Wall Street overnight, and as investors digested differing broker earnings outlooks for the big banks. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 54.9 points, or ...