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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... Stuart Smith said he expected the market to ease before close on Friday. "It's still overcooked," he said. "The IMF said our banks are exposed to $33 billion worth of writedowns. But the market is like a D9 Catepillar: it just keeps bulldozing through ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... one-year high above $US77. Earnings reports from Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Citigroup Inc stirred worries about the troubles banks still face, despite better-than-expected third quarter financial results. Economic data was positive, with a government ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... terms of EPS (earnings per share) and strong revenue growth from its investment banking division." Australia's big four banks benefitted, with Westpac Banking Corporation adding 47 cents, or 1.75 per cent to $27.27, Commonwealth Bank gaining 98 cents ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket was moderately higher at noon, buoyed by the banks and energy stocks. At 1205 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 21.2 points, or 0.44 per cent, at 4806.9, while the broader All Ordinaries had added 20.6 points, or ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... strongly and is still performing quite well, thus far," Mr Walker said. "The main contributors today are the four major banks, and also BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Newcrest Mining and Lihir Gold." Mr Walker said he expected the local market to remain strong ...

Doom dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... after this space commented on the risky proposition of holding US dollars, Bloomberg reports overnight that world central banks are diversifying out of the greenback. Data compiled by Bloomberg revealed that central banks have backed up their threat ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... volume of 6,602 contracts. Macquarie Private Wealth associate director Lucinda Chan said investors were reluctant to push the banks up further given their surge over the past few months, and as the some of the large overseas banks come to announce their ...

The shrinking big dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... when) interest rates will rise, the US dollar's decline was 'temporarily' short-circuited by intervention from Asian central banks (again). South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Hong Kong bought the greenback to avoid being 'beggared' ...

FBI hunts down bank fraudsters

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... cyber fraud - resulting in 100 people linked to an international "phishing" operation charged for trying to defraud American banks. According to a press statement from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Operation "Phish Phry" targeted people involved ...

AMP Cap, Cbus and Galileo join forces

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... Galileo Group have joined forces in a residential property deal believed to have secured one of the largest funding from banks this year. The property, The Residence Hyde Park, is located on College Street in Sydney. Adrian Pozzo, chief executive at ...