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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
... The Australian share market closed higher yesterday, after resources stocks were buoyed by a rise in metal prices and a spike in the oil price. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 rose 12.6 points to 5076.2 points while the all ordinaries gained 13.7 points to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
The share market is expected open marginally lower as a negative lead from Wall Street triggered by a spike in the oil price is offset by higher commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0658 AEST, the September share price index contract ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2006
... combined with slower growth. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed down 7.70 points at 3645.99 following yesterday's 1.4 percent spike up. The NZSE All capital index ended 3.51 lower at 1051.16.

Mining managers wary of funds fleeing

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
... year on year. The top 40 made $60 billion with a 25 per cent increase in revenue to $296 billion, equating to a 72 per cent spike in market capitalisation at $1.05 trillion. PwC Australian mining leader, Tim Goldsmith, said the review indicated mining ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2006
Federal Treasurer Peter Costello unveiled his 11th Budget last night, delivering a fiscal surplus worth around $11.9 billion. According to the 2006/2007 Budget Papers, the government plans to spend $219.7 billion of its projected $231.6 billion in revenues. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2006
... index closed higher, pushed by a sharp gain in Vodafone on speculation of a big US disposal and as oil shares rallied with a spike in crude. The FTSE 100 closed at 6,105.6 points, up 38.5 or 0.63 per cent. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6,140.72 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2006
... 1301.61. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 2.76 points at 2315.58. LONDON - UK stocks closed sharply lower, wiping out an early spike to a five-year high, as financial stocks fell broadly but mortgage bank Alliance & Leicester hit a record high on bid ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2006
... Norris. NEW YORK - US stocks fell with a drop in crude oil prices weighing on market heavyweights like energy shares. A spike in bond yields after a disappointing Treasury note auction hurt shares of banks and insurers. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

India is 30 per cent overvalued: Citigroup

The Indian market is suffering from too much of a good thing with huge foreign flow of funds into the country making it too expensive to invest in their equities, according to Citigroup. Ratnesh Kumar, head of India Research at Citigroup, said that ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2006
... three years on Friday, plummeting on disappointing earnings from blue chips Citigroup Inc. and General Electric Co. and a spike in oil caused by geopolitical tensions. The Australian share market remained in positive territory on Friday thanks to the ...