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Morning Market Wrap: New six-year high for dollar

The Australian dollar opened stronger today after reaching a fresh six-year high of $US0.7288 overnight on speculation of a widening interest rate differential with the US. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7274/79 compared with ...

First home buyers housing affordability falls to record low

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2003
Housing affordability for first home buyers fell to a record low for the second quarter running, dropping by 9.4 per cent in the September quarter, according to the Commonwealth Bank/HIA Housing Report. The report said Australian housing affordability ...

Morning Market Wrap: Investors expecting confidence boost

Investors will open trading on the Australian market today anticipating a confidence boost this week, with key construction and capital expenditure figures due for release. The week will also be dominated by crucial US figures, including third quarter ...

Simon Crean hails ALP as the 'Party of the Superannuants' at talk today

The Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Simon Crean emphasised the importance of superannuation to his party's core value system during the unveiling of the second leg of the ALP's retirement incomes policy labelled 'Superannuation: A Safer System' ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar weaker

The Australian dollar was weaker at noon after large US investment banks sold the local currency. At 1200 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7108/16 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7133/41. "It's been up to $US0.7120 and it's been down ...

US energy group AES to make bid for Loy Yang - report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2003
United States energy company AES Corporation has reportedly joined the race to buy Victoria's biggest electricity producer, Loy Yang, with a $3.1 billion bid. The bid aims to trump an offer from Australian Gas Light, which has faced delays in getting ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks head lower on disappointing jobs data

U.S. stocks slipped on Tuesday as investors caught their breath after pushing major market gauges to fresh 2003 highs in the previous session and awaited more earnings and economic data later this week. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 19.63 ...

Inflation may slide below RBA target

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
Underlying inflation fell in October and is in danger of sliding below the bottom of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) target of between two and three per cent, an inflation gauge showed today. The TD Securities-Melbourne Institute experimental ...

QIC launches diversified active currency product

QIC has launched a new active currency product managed by three international currency managers and operating as one of the largest active mandates in Australia. The product will initially overlay $24 billion in assets, representing the majority of ...

Morning market Wrap: US Fed Reserve holds rates steady

US stocks held onto their earlier gains on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve voted to keep interest rates steady at 45-year lows, as expected. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 64 points to 9672, after briefly rising more than 80 points from Monday's ...