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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open flat after receiving mixed leads from overseas. Wall Street broke a four-day advance on Monday as a rally in financial stocks fizzled and dragged the market lower. Gold and silver prices were weaker, while ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
The Australian share market was mildly higher at noon as financial stocks experienced gains and after a positive lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 22.7 points, or 0.68 per cent, at 3,368.1, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to continue to rise on Monday, after United States markets strengthened for the fourth day in a row. At 0704 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 26 points at 3,363. On the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
The Australian stock market was more than three per cent higher at noon with investors buoyed by signs of a possible levelling-out of the economic downturn in the US. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 105.6 points, or 3.26 per cent ...

CFS turns off the lights

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
Lights out, please - Colonial First State is once again sponsoring Earth Hour as part of its commitment to being a sustainable company. CFS has been a key sponsor of the event since inception. As part of this year's Earth Hour exercise, the fund manager ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open stronger on Friday following gains on Wall Street. Gold, silver and oil prices also were higher while copper was marginally lower. At 0641 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index ...

Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
'Job losses worst for 18 years' (AFR). 'Australian Jobless Rate Climbs to 4-Year High of 5.2%' (Bloomberg). Boy oh boy, here we go again. Each time Australia's job numbers are updated, we get the media's display of their masochistic tendencies. We are ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
The Australian stock market was flat at noon after a morning of fluctuation. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 1.8 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 3,246.2 while the broader All Ordinaries index had added 0.4 point, or 0.01 per cent, to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
Australian stocks have been buoyed by Wall Street's overnight rebound, maintaining an almost two per cent surge throughout Wednesday morning. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 62 points, or 1.95 per cent, at 3,246.5 while the broader ...

ASIC cracks down on Hafoka

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
Sonatane Haitoni Hafoka of Shalvey, New South Wales, has faced the Downing Centre Local Court on charges of aiding and abetting the trustee of a dishonest self-managed super fund. Hafoka was brought by ASIC under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) ...