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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... 10,365.45 and the broader S&P500 collapsed 106.59 points, or 8.79 per cent, to 1,106.42. The Nasdaq, which carries technology stocks, fell by 199.61 points, or 9.14 per cent, to 1,983.73.

Soup for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... sell-off, this is a sell-off. Wall Street is now more than US$1,000,000,000,000 (US$1 trillion) cheaper as investors dumped stocks following news of the US House of Representatives' rejection of the US$700 billion financial sector bail-out package. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
Stocks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange could be in for a shellacking today, led down by the financial and resources sectors, after the US House of Representatives rejected a $US700 billion rescue package this morning. At 0809 AEST, the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... administration's proposal for a $US700 billion banking bailout ran into opposition from Republican and Democrat congressmen alike. Stocks ended mixed, with big financial companies lifting the Dow Jones Industrials index more than 120 points, but worries ...

LGSS affected by shorting ban

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... to a minute one per cent of the fund's Australian equities portfolio. The fund uses short selling to cancel out certain stocks that go against LGSS' sustainability policy, such as gambling and uranium shares. "At a very marginal way, we participate in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market kept its head above water at noon, with banking and consumer staples stocks performing well and the materials sector was weaker. Local trade pulled back a bit after a positive open following news from the US that a $US700 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... urging Congress to approve the Government's proposed rescue plan for the financial industry had buoyed local financial stocks, but the market still was down on the back of losses in BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. "The market overall opened relatively weak ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market has received an uncertain lead from the US, where stocks fell slightly in tense trading due to concerns that dealmaking in the US congress will change the shape of the government's financial sector bailout. At 0740 AEST ...

Managers hit back on shorting ban

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... portfolio short exposure is currently 4 per cent, but points out that its funds can still perform without having to short stocks. "We do not have to hold short positions at any particular time. The K2 funds can continue to be managed under their investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today after US stocks fell again as investors worried that the US congress was beginning to doubt the need for a government bailout of financial institutions as a way to revive credit markets. At ...