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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... session up 11 points at 5,454. Locally, no economic or equities news is expected on Tuesday. In Australia, the market on Thursday, the last trading session before the Easter break, finished one per cent off a post-global financial crisis high. The benchmark ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher. At 1010 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 23.9 points, or 0.44 per cent, at 5,444.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 23.8 points, or also 0.44 per cent, at 5,436.4. On ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... market looks set to open higher after Wall Street rose for its third session on positive economic news. At 0645 AEST on Thursday the June share price index futures contract was up 17 points at 5,424. March US home construction and industrial production ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... fallen at noon on Friday. The US tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index suffered its biggest fall in more than two years on Thursday night, amid anxiety about how the prices of stocks in companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Netflix which all fell by about ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... trade data disappointed and suggested more weakness in the world's second-biggest economy. Locally, in economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases February lending finance figures. In equities news, the Bank of Queensland ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... by tech stocks after US Federal Reserve minutes showed no support for an early rise in interest rates. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 42 points at 5,506. The Fed minutes, as expected, showed the US central ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... consolidate." Local investors were also waiting for Australian economic data, most notably March jobs figures out on Thursday. Among the big miners, BHP Billiton was down seven cents at $37.68, Rio Tinto was up 14 cents at $63.86 and Fortescue Metals ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... increased 16,000 to 326,000. Locally, no major economic or equities news is expected on Friday. In Australia, the market on Thursday made modest gains but traders said a relatively flat day was disappointing after the release of strong Chinese economic ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... Heffernan said. He said the local market may gain more impetus if February retail sales figures, to be released later on Thursday morning, are positive. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 index rose to a new high, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average index ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... higher following a positive lead from international markets after data showed a pickup in US job creation. At 0812 AEDT on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 5,417. Payrolls firm ADP said US businesses added 191,000 ...