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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket was firmly in the red at noon, weighed down by mining stocks following largely softer metals prices overnight and a flat US lead. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 73.2 points, or 1.73 per cent, at 4,148.3 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... per cent, to 4221.5, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 190.3 points, or 4.78 per cent, at 4173. NEW YORK - US stocks closed virtually flat in quiet trading on Monday, with investors cautious a day ahead of voting for president and Congress ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... Australian sharemarket has made a strong start to November, up more than two per cent at midday, driven higher by financial stocks ahead of an expected 50 basis point rate cut in interest rates by the Reserve Bank of Australia tomorrow. Analysts say ...

GMO eyes US and global equities

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... weeks from quite expensive to moderately cheap for the first time in at least 20 years. "At under 1000 on the S&P 500, US stocks are very reasonable buys for brave value managers willing to be early. The same applies to EAFE and emerging equities at ...

October mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... cent -equal to its lowest level in 2004 (the fed funds rate was at 1 per cent from June 2003 to June 2004). Ironically, stocks rose on more gloomy economic data, which came into a head at the end of the month following reports of a 0.3 per cent contraction ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... out an horrendous October, its worst month in 21 years, with a big advance on Friday as more investors took chances on stocks turned into bargains by waves of intense selling. The advance - which gave the market its first back-to-back gains in more than ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
The Australian sharemarket was up about two and a half per cent at noon with big gains in resources stocks leading the market higher. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 103.5 points, or 2.69 per cent, at 3949.1, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Seesaw Margery Daw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... to wait. Next week's US presidential elections could be that spark - but only if Obama wins. According to Bloomberg, US stocks have generally rebounded a year after the Democrats take office. 'Since 1900, the Dow Average rose 9.8 per cent in the 12 months ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... cent, at 3,845.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index gained 50.4 points, or 1.34 per cent, to 3,805.8. NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower after a last-minute dive wiped out earlier gains following the Federal Reserve's half-point interest rate cut ...

New rules for short selling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... have changed the disclosure rules on short selling, ahead of the expected lifting of the ban on shorting non-financial stocks next month. The disclosure and reporting requirements mean short selling activity on the ASX will be more transparent and both ...