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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... four-month closing high as near record-high oil prices boosted Inpex Holdings, while higher commodity prices also pushed up trading firms such as Mitsubishi Corp. The benchmark Nikkei rose 50.13 points to end at 14,269.61, the highest close since January ...

AUD hits 24 year high against greenback

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
The Australian dollar this morning hit a 24 year high against the US greenback. The AUD was trading at 95.5 cents, up 2 per cent since the beginning of the month and up a staggering 16.2 per cent since this time last year. Against the Euro and the Chinese ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... 5,872.7, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 57.1 points, or 0.97 per cent, to 5940.3. NEW YORK - US stocks rose in light trading on Thursday as a pullback in oil prices eased concerns about inflation and a battle to control Yahoo Inc boosted the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... broader All Ordinaries gained 57.1 points, or 0.97 per cent, to 5940.3. NEW YORK - US stocks rose on Wednesday in light trading after a modest rise in consumer prices in April cooled inflation fears while Macy's Inc and Freddie Mac posted reassuring ...

MGI buys Omega stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... terms of their investment universe, we have the scope, capability and capacity to select from public market securities trading from more than 30 nations worldwide, ranging from developed countries to emerging markets," he said. In addition, Vassos said ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... Optus, is to deliver fourth quarter results. Yesterday, the Australian share market closed marginally in the red on thin trading volumes. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 15.8 points, or 0.27 per cent, to 5,812.7 while the broader All Ordinaries shed ...

Praemium upgrades p-Desktop

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... p-Desktop's Order Management system which routes orders directly to the ASX or via a participating broker. The system enables trading limits to be set at the account and user level and appropriate authorisation procedures to be put in place. For each ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... equities, attention will be focussed on Westpac Banking Corporation's proposal to take over St George Bank. Both stocks are in trading halts which are due to expire this morning. In retail, Harvey Norman Ltd releases its third quarter sales results. ...

$500k fraudster gets jail time

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
South Australian broker trading representative Kym Andrew Sellers was last Friday sentenced to four years jail with a two-year non-parole period following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation. On 7 April 2008, Sellers ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... interim profit on Friday. Making headlines before the market opened were Westpac and St George Bank, however, which entered trading halts while they discuss a possible merger. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained 33.3 points, or 0.58 ...