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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket was patchy at noon, with the key indices down but strong gold and oil prices boosting resource stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 19.2 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 4724.4, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket was slightly weaker at noon, edged down by a poor session on Wall Street overnight and falling commodity prices. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down nine points, or 0.19 per cent, at 4721.5 while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket was over one per cent higher at noon, lead by oil and gold stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 51.7 points, or 1.11 per cent, at 4715.4 while the broader All Ordinaries rose 53 points, or 1.13 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket clawed back most of its early losses by noon but remained in negative territory following weak overseas leads. At 1201 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 5.6 points, or 0.12 per cent, at 4671.8 points while the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket was about 1.5 per cent higher at noon with stronger resources stocks leading gains across all sectors. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 70.1 points, or 1.51 per cent, at 4720.5 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Three wise men - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... time." A similar refrain from President Obama when he told his Bloomberg interviewer that he doesn't "think we're out of the woods yet... "What we have to be careful about is taking the crutches away from the patient too early." These words from three ...

Playing chicken with tyres

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... demanding, 'me too!' It took more than a decade for the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act to be repealed and replaced with the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1944 and the eventual reduction in global tariffs starting in December 1945. "Those who ignore history are ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket was stronger at noon, winding down to the end of the week with confidence across most sectors. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 21.7 points, or 0.47 per cent, at 4592.5 while the broader All Ordinaries rose ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket was higher at noon, led by a surge in the banks, industrial, energy and mining sectors. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 35.2 points, or 0.79 per cent, at 4464.8, while the broader All Ordinaries rose 36.1 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open higher after US stocks and metals prices gained overnight. At 0724 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 28 points higher at 4460. In economic news on Friday ...