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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open stronger with US and European markets rallying overnight and commodity and oil prices higher. At 0820 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 72 points at 3,234. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
The Australian stock market was firmly in the red at noon, weighed down by disappointing gross domestic product (GDP) figures, and losses among the banking and mining sectors. At 1201 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 59.6 points, or 1.85 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open slightly lower as US markets lost further ground and European markets continued the falls of the previous day. Gold was down, but silver, copper and oil were higher overnight. Attention will be on the release ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
The Australian stock market was around 1.5 per cent lower at noon ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate decision, after diversified financials and transport stocks helped the market claw back some lost ground. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark ...

The Ides of March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
In the Roman calendar, the ides of March refers to the 15th day of the month of March. It was a festive day celebrating the Mars, the god of war. In modern times it has taken on an ominous sense ever since Julius Caesar's assassination on this date ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
The Australian share market has received strongly negative leads from overseas, as US markets hit 12-year lows amid worsening concerns about financial companies and the economy. A further bailout of US insurer American International Group, which also ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
The Australian stock market was at a five year low at noon, dragged down by QBE Insurance and Rio Tinto as uncertainty about the US government's response to its weak economy weighed on prices. At 1200 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open lower after data on Friday showed a deeper-than-anticipated contraction in the US economy, prompting a slump in share prices there. At 0724 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market was marginally higher at noon, as the banks helped the market shrug off a slump in the consumer sector. By 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 1.7 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 3,346.2 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Adviser charged for contempt of court

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
Stephen Lewis Matthews of West Pymble has been found guilty in the Supreme Court of New South Wales of contempt of court for breach of orders made by the Court in proceedings previously brought by ASIC. On 4 October 2000, Justice Santow of the Supreme ...