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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
Shares are more than 1% firmer as Australian investors shrug off concerns about slowing global growth. The big banks and miners were leading the broader local market higher as investors took their cues from a rebound on US and European markets, Australian ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open solidly higher after international markets returned to positive territory following heavy losses earlier in last week. At 0810 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 68 points at ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
Australian shares looks set to open lower following substantial falls on international markets as investors take fright at new US data underscoring the fragile state of the global economy. At 0805 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
The Australian share market is higher at noon as bargain hunters step in amid stronger iron ore prices and a solid production report from Rio Tinto. CMC Markets analyst Ric Spooner said the Australian market was performing well, considering the lacklustre ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
Say it again, Homer. "I'm in a place where I don't know where I am!" For those who've just tuned in, Wall Street was going, even sending the S&P 500 index up by 1.3% overnight, until it slipped... on oil. The action du' nuit is captured in Bloomberg's ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
The Australian share market is headed for its biggest fall of the year as investors worry about weak global economic growth. The fall of almost two per cent on the Dow Jones overnight was the heaviest for 2014. If the ASX200 sustains its early falls ...

Active fund failure shown in new data

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
The vast majority of Australian active managed funds have under-performed their respective benchmark across virtually all sectors of the market over one, three and five years, the latest data from S&P Dow Jones Indices shows. The worst offending sector ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after an almost flat end to trading in on Wall Street and a fall in metals prices. At 0651 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down 21 points at 5,262. The stock market in ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
The Australian share market is lower, following a share sell-off on Wall Street overnight. The local market is taking its lead from the US, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.4 per cent amid weaker construction figures and confirmation of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to again open lower after Wall Street lost more than one per cent following mixed US economic data. At 0815 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 35 points at 5,287. Locally, in economic ...