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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... to end the day at 6,968.87 points, while in Paris, the CAC 40 index rose 0.37 per cent to 5,012.31 points compared with Friday's close. Frankfurt's DAX 30 climbed 1.29 per cent to 11,5594.28 points, taking back some of the more than two per cent the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set for a fairly flat open to the week after a weak lead from Wall Street on Friday. The June share price index futures contract was up two points at 5,749. On Friday, the S&P 500 in the US edged higher to a new record in ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher, following strong gains on Wall Street. At 0653 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 39 points at 5,726. The S&P 500 in the US rose to a fresh record close, led by strong ...

Budget for uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... Yes Virginia, what the "F" indeed? It couldn't be the Australian dollar, it traded down to below US$0.79 compared with Friday's close of US$79.10 - a result of the RBA's afterthought of putting back its forward guidance to "adjust policy as needed". ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... DAX 30 in Frankfurt shed 0.31 per cent to 11,673.35 points. The euro dropped to $1.1141 from $1.1208 late in New York on Friday. "Multiple eurozone officials offering no hope of a resolution for Greece at the next meeting of finance ministers hit sentiment ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains on Wall Street on Friday. The June share price index futures contract was up 43 points at 5,645. Wall Street stocks surged more than one per cent on Friday after new data showed that the ...

PROFILE: PGI chief executive Grant Forster

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... really big box and a boring task. But I didn't care because I was happy, I was in London," he explains. During his first Friday drinks at a pub, Forster started chatting with his boss: "He didn't realise that I had a uni degree, which at Grindlays was ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... looks set to open a touch lower, as gains on Wall Street offset losses in the local market on Thursday. At 0648 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down two points at 5,615. US stocks have pushed higher overnight as oil prices ...

Bond bears out of hibernation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... this only brings us back to that 64 million dollar bond market question. Very near-term, it could get ugly especially if Friday night's US non-farm payrolls report comes in stronger than market expectations for it would spark another bout of "lift-off ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... positive territory all day. The advance marked the second day in a row of gains after the S&P 500 added 1.09 per cent on Friday. Dow member McDonald's dropped 1.7 per cent after unveiling a turnaround plan that reorganises its international businesses ...