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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... was trading at $US1543.00 per fine ounce, up $US11.59 on Friday's closing price of $US1,541.41. Banks and diversified financials traded in negative territory, led by ANZ Banking Group, which lost 14 cents, or 0.66 per cent to $21.31. Westpac and National ...

Dropping home ownership rates leave retirement funding hole

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
Falling home ownership rates mean a quarter of all future retirees may not own their own home, undermining key assumptions of previous retirement affordability studies, REST Industry Super said yesterday. The worrying figures come from research tabled ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... cents, or 2.41 per cent, to $22.24 and Commonwealth Bank was 76 cents lower, down 1.46 per cent, to $51.41. Among other financials, QBE was down 28 cents to $17.79, AMP had lost five cents to $5.22 and Macquarie Group had shed 53 cents to $34.32. Resources ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... cent, to 2,863.04. Most sectors on the ASX were in slightly positive territory in early trade, with the energy and financials sectors strongest so far, Commsec market analyst Steve Daghlian said. "Keep in mind that is after a heavy sell off the previous ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... continues to improve from what we saw last week," Mr Potter told AAP. "It's opened a bit stronger than we expected, the financials and materials are the best performers after the financials were hit pretty hard yesterday. "The big sectors are adding ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... $6.35. Energy stocks were also rising, with Woodside up 64 cents to $45.95 and Santos gaining 36 cents to $14.82. In financials, NAB was up 31 cents to $28.09, Westpac had gained 34 cents to $24.26, ANZ rose by 46 cents to $23.70 and Commonwealth Bank ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... The Australian stock market shrugged off a positive start to drift in flat directionless trade, with small gains in financials offsetting a dour materials sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 1.6 points at 4853.7, while the broader ...

State Street adds to ETF stable

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... further three products to its SPDR ETF range. In April, State Street will launch a new ETF focusing on resources, one on financials and a third tracking less mature, small cap companies, targeting higher growth and returns. "The new SPDR funds will offer ...

BTIM adds portfolio manager

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... Gor. The former Challenger Financial Services portfolio manager and credit analyst will be the primary analyst on the financials, infrastructure and utilities sectors, working with the income and fixed interest quantitative analysis and risk unit. Prior ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... lost 0.7 per cent to 1,302.65. Shares in medical instrument makers and wine companies led gains while coal miners and financials weakened. South Korea's Kospi extended losses after the central bank raised its key interest rate for the second time in ...