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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
Australian shares are expected to open flat after Wall Street indices moderately lower. At 0823 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was two points lower at 4,699. In economic news on Tuesday, Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
The Australian share market remained firmly in positive territory at noon with strong gains in the financial and resources sectors. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 75.7 points, or 1.63 per cent, at 4,710.8, while the broader All ...

Baby steps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
Tiger and the Fed - no not Roger -- were the weekend's biggest news. "I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behaviour," Tiger apologised to the world to try to get normality back into his life - not to mention to get endorsement juices ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
Australian shares are likely to open higher on Monday led by Wall Street and after gains among commodity and metal prices. At 0726 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 58 points higher at 4,666 points. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
The Australian bourse was marginally higher at noon after a directionless morning of trade. At 1203 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16.3 points, or 0.35 per cent, at 4,671.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 16.9 points, or ...

In the eyes of the beholder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
It makes a great deal of difference, doesn't it? It just depends where you look. Just a week ago, nothing - absolutely nothing - could seemingly ease market nerves about the fate of the global economy and the financial markets. There were renewed stirrings ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
Profit-takers have led the Australian sharemarket lower at noon, with mining and banking stocks among the biggest losers. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 31.4 points, or 0.67 per cent, at 4,636.5, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
The Australian share market was up strongly at noon on a broad-based rally led by miners and the banks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 87.1 points, or 1.91 per cent, at 4,654.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had ...

Count names new chief, profits bounce back

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
Count Financial has appointed a Deloitte actuarial expert, Andrew Gale, as the new CEO, a day before it posted a surge in half-year profits and funds under advice go back to levels reached before the global financial crisis. Gale has been appointed ...

Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
See what a long weekend can do to Wall Street's mood? Or is it because Wall Street operators have all gotten some on Valentine's Day that they're still basking in its afterglow? I just wish it were that easy. But no! Just when we thought it couldn't ...