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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market was lower at noon after resources stocks followed base metal prices lower and Wall St provided a negative lead. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 17.6 points, or 0.37 per cent, to 4886.4 while the broader ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... red at noon, dragged down by a negative lead on Wall St and a big profit fall at bank and insurer Suncorp Metway Ltd. US stocks slipped 1.8 per cent on weak readings on economic growth and rising jobless claims. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

US growth disappoints

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... tune. The local bourse maintained its gains at the close of yesterday's trading following Wall Street's rally overnight. Stocks closed higher in spite of negative news on Australian retail sales, pointing to a slowing in domestic spending going forward. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... 40.7 points, or 0.82 per cent, to 4,977.4 while the broader All Ordinaries gained 43.9 points to 5,052.6. NEW YORK - US stocks fell 1.8 per cent after weak readings on economic growth and the job market touched off renewed concerns about the financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... 1.84 per cent, to 4936.7, while the broader All Ordinaries climbed 85.4 points, or 1.73 per cent, to 5008.7. NEW YORK - US stocks extended their rally to a second day after an upbeat employment report from payroll company ADP made investors cautiously ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... share market fell 1.5 per cent yesterday after a disappointing lead from the US reignited jitters over local financial stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index dropped 74.7 points, or 1.52 per cent, to 4847.4, while the broader All Ordinaries dipped 66.6 ...

Pure commodities funds win ratings

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... obtain exposure through commodity futures and forwards and do not contain the equity beta that is inherent in resource stocks. The result is a much cleaner exposure to commodities, he said. "Over the past few years investors and their financial advisers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... shed 48.4 points, or 0.97 per cent, to 4922.1, while the broader All Ordinaries dipped 39 points to 4989.9. NEW YORK - US stocks fell 2.1 per cent after an International Monetary Fund report predicting continuing problems in the credit and housing market ...

SEC blocks bank short selling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... short selling, issuing an emergency order that prevents the practice across a number of commercial and investment bank stocks. The order means anyone taking a short position on a named stock arranges beforehand to borrow the securities and deliver them ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... 3.37 per cent, to 4,970.5 while the broader All Ordinaries shed 157.4 points, or 3.03 per cent, to 5,031. NEW YORK - US stocks rose 0.2 per cent, boosted by better-than-expected reports on orders for durable manufactured goods and new home sales that ...