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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
The Australian share market was higher at noon in the wake of modest gains on US markets overnight and some cautious commentary from Australia's central bank. Major mining stocks led the gains. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 12.7 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
The Australian share market at noon on Monday was lower, following a plunge on United States markets on Friday. Major Australian banking stocks were among the hardest hit, while mining and energy stocks also retreated. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... $1.43, or 32.35 per cent, to $5.85. Trading in the local market would be relatively quiet until it gets leads from the US market on Wednesday, Mr Potter said. BHP Billiton gained 13 cents to $37.22, and rival Rio Tinto put on 43 cents to $65.73.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
The Australian market is likely to open weaker on Monday after an unexpected decline in the US unemployment rate had US stocks close lower on Friday. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 30 points ...

Vanguard to release 19 more ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... Vanguard will cross-list the US funds in Australia where it sees demand from its local clients, added Bowerman. The US market is popular among ETF providers, Standard & Poor's announced it had licensed seven European ETF providers to create and list ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
Gold stocks provided the only bright spot on an otherwise bleak day of trade as the Australian stock market slid into the red to sit one per cent lower at noon. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had fallen 52.3 points, or 1.15 per cent, to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
The Australian stock market performed strongly on Monday morning, after a better performance by the US market at the end of last week. The market rose more than one per cent in morning trade before dropping back slightly to sit just under one per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
Australian stocks were up slightly at noon, as investors sat on the sidelines in morning trade. At 1200 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 15.6 points, or 0.34 per cent, at 4542 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... will be interesting to see if that strength is maintained through to the end of the day," Mr Potter said. "We saw the US market, for the first time in a while, rally from the open all the way into the close, steadily throughout the session, which is ...

Local unis smash US funds returns

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Local university endowment funds investments performed three times better than their US counterparts - a trend that looks set to continue as local institutions up the ante on alternative assets. According to a Mercer report that surveyed 27 institutions ...