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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... they've been heavily sold and they're looking for a bottom to that commodities sell-off in the short term." Spot gold was trading in Sydney at $US795.05 an ounce, up $US4.40 on Friday's local close of $US790.65. Gold recovered after a multiday decline ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... cent, higher at 6,446.02. PARIS - The CAC climbed, or 32.71 points, 0.74 per cent, to finish at 4,453.62 points, with trading subdued because of a public holiday in France. TOKYO - The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index rose 62.61 points ...

Embracing derivatives: South Korea

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... around 22 per cent of all retail investors in South Korea are active traders, with most having an interest in derivatives trading. However the conservative nature of the nation's brokerage houses and tight regulation have curbed growth of the sector. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... 2,428.62. LONDON - European stock markets dived on Wednesday after heavy losses in Asia and a dip in early Wall Street trading. In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading companies lost 85.9 points, or 1.55 per cent, to close at 5,448.6. FRANKFURT - The ...

Financial woes continue to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
The Australian stockmarket is set for another down day of trading and bond yields will head lower if Wall Street's overnight perfromance is anything to go by. US share prices slipped while bonds were higher on the back of more news of losses in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... Sachs Group fell after several analysts lowered recommendations and earnings estimates for the investment bank. The day's trading illustrated the ongoing push-and-pull caused by oil prices and any news about financials. The major US bourses were volatile ...

Pereira bullish on Indian equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... period to the end of May. "India is attractive [because] it is not relying too heavily on any one industry or any one trading partner," said Pereira. "Its demand is driven by an extraordinary confluence of factors including rising domestic demand, which ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... are scheduled to release preliminary results for 2008. The Australian share market closed marginally firmer on Friday as trading consolidated following the previous day's financial sector run. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 2.9 points to 4,986.2 ...

Carbon schemes full of hot air

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
Anti-global warming schemes based on prescriptive emission targets and cross-country carbon trading are flawed and do not address long term climate change problems, said Reserve Bank director Warwick McKibbin. Speaking at the IFSA conference yesterday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... 1.21 per cent, to 2,378.37. LONDON - Europe's major bourses extended their rally, posting fresh gains thanks to positive trading in banking and mining shares. In London, the FTSE 100 index climbed 31.6, or 0.58 per cent, to close at 5,486.10. FRANKFURT ...