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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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
The Australian share market has received flat leads from Wall Street, with the key indices doing little, precious metals down, but copper and oil both higher at the end of floor trade. At 0819 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
The Australian share market received negative leads from Wall Street in the end, with all three key indices finishing in the red. Precious metals were down, but copper and oil were higher, crude jumping over six per cent. At 0814 AEDT on the Sydney ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market was marginally stronger at noon following gains in the financial sector. By 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 30 points, or 0.9 per cent, at 3,357.5 while the broader All Ordinaries index had gained 26.6 points ...