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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... 0.95 per cent, to 5571.5, while the broader All Ordinaries lost 49.7 points, or 0.87 per cent, to 5634.4. NEW YORK - US stocks fell on Tuesday, as news that Washington Mutual Inc expects a large quarterly loss raised the spectre of poor results in the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... $43.62. The big miners were stronger, with BHP Billiton up 12 cents to $40.67 and Rio Tinto advancing 19 cents to $137.10. US stocks were little changed overnight, sharply paring earlier gains as fears about corporate earnings cast a shadow over earlier ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... week to log its biggest weekly rise since August 2007. The All Ordinaries index rose 20.4 points to 5,684.1. NEW YORK - US stocks were little changed overnight, sharply paring earlier gains as fears about corporate earnings cast a shadow over earlier ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after Wall Street stocks provided no clear lead, base metals generally were higher, and gold and oil were up up on Friday. At 0744 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
The Australian stock market was marginally higher at noon, with gains from the big resource stocks offsetting falls in the banking sector. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 20 points higher at 5628.9, while the broader All Ordinaries gained ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... cent higher, at 5608.9, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 100.9 points, or 1.82 per cent, to 5645.8. NEW YORK - US stocks edged up on Thursday, after a report that Merrill Lynch & Co does not need to raise more capital eased fears of a deeper credit ...

Agriculture drives biofuel investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... definite move away from traditional wheat and barley crops towards biofuels. "This shift has contributed to global wheat stocks reaching 30 year lows and prices rising to over $400 a tonne. Australian farmers have a prime opportunity to plug the gap ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... expected to open higher after commodities including gold, oil and copper advanced overnight. Gains may be limited after US stocks declined on comments by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that a recession is possible. At 0721 AEDT on the Sydney Futures ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket opened higher, led by investment firms Macquarie Group and Babcock & Brown, after US stocks gained the most in two weeks overnight on optimism the worst of the credit crisis may be over. At 1020 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight. Resource stocks may decline after commodity prices fell overnight, however. At 0706 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index futures contract ...