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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... or 0.5 per cent, to 5,701.4 and the broader All Ordinaries lost 19.8 points, or 0.34 per cent, to 5,777.9. NEW YORK - US stocks rose on Tuesday as Fannie Mae's reassuring comments about the credit and housing markets buoyed financial shares, while record ...

India to ban food futures

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... W Bush called on Congress to give an extra $800 million to the UN World Food Program to help them buy much needed food stocks to help feed the estimated 100 million people now effected by the shortages. Driving the soft commodity prices and necessitating ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... S&P/ASX200 index was 29.9 points higher at 5730.3, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 37.3 points to 5797.7. NEW YORK - US stocks ended lower on Monday on worries that Bank of America Corp may walk away from buying troubled lender Countrywide Financial ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
Resource and energy stocks buoyed the Australian stock market in the black at noon on climbing oil prices and takeover talks amid global miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 28.6 points, or 0.5 per cent ...

AXA Rosenberg unveils super long/short

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... AXA Rosenberg's portfolio management style is based on the philosophy that earnings are a harbinger of returns. As such, stocks that deliver positive future earnings will be rewarded with good future returns. "When managing long/short portfolios, the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... Uranium Mines Ltd holds its annual general meeting. The Australian stock market closed last week higher as local financial stocks returned to favour after a strong lead from Wall Street. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 114.6 points, or 2.05 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... Bank was up $1.08 to $45.12. BHP Billiton had picked up 29 cents to $43.19 and Rio Tinto had made 84 cents to $136.84. US stocks rallied sharply amid a strengthening dollar, falling oil prices and as investors looked forward to an apparent pause in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... back of a strong lead from Wall Street. Base metals prices closed lower overnight which could weigh on local resources stocks. At 0758 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was up 71 points to 5,666. Today, the Australian Bureau ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... McPherson said lower trading volumes suggested investors were very cautious at the moment. "It's a quiet day. The commodity stocks are having a breather after the falls in commodity prices last night," Mr McPherson said. BHP Billiton shed ten cents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower following a weak lead from Wall Street where stocks fell after the Federal Reserve trimmed interest rates but left unclear the outlook for further rate cuts. Base metals prices closed lower overnight ...