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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
In Sydney today, the Australian market is expected to open slightly weaker as US markets only inched ahead over night after losing ground towards the close of trade. The Federal Reserve said shifts in its monetary policy are "likely to be measured," ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2004
In Sydney today, Australian stocks are set to stumble after US markets dropped sharply overnight following comments from Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan that were taken to imply that interest rates there could soon rise. The Australian share ...

US and Australia sign free trade agreement

... tariffs are unchanged on sugar, a major Australian export. American sugar producers had lobbied hard against opening US markets to more Australian sugar. The agreement should lead to small increase in exports of beef by both countries, the US statement ...

Afternoon market wrap: Domestic market fades to black

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2003
... point premium to the underlying index - on a volume of 10,056 contracts. Daiwa Securities analyst Mark Pervan said with US markets closed due to Thanksgiving there was very little off-shore guidance and domestic stock price movements were slight. "Investors ...

Macquarie DDR Trust to list on ASX today

... investors with a diversified portfolio of market-dominant community shopping centre properties in major metropolitan US markets including Chicago, Boston, Washington D.C. and Atlanta - markets which exhibit strong fundamentals." Mr Hodgkinson added that ...

Midday Market Wrap: Market buoyant following US rally

The Australian stock market remained in a buoyant mood by midday following a strong rally on US markets overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 26.9 points higher at 3198.4 by 1215 AEDT while the all ordinaries index added 27 points to 3202.7. ...

Morning Market Wrap: US markets weak

In New York major market gauges opened higher and then weakened. The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average was down 50 points at 9661. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 5 points to 1038. The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was down ...

Citigroup given low rating for international equities capability

... closer to the index," Morningstar said. The ratings agency noted Citigroup had been overweight Europe and underweight US markets in the year to June 2003, and which had reduced the performance of the portfolio as US markets improved.

Morning Market Wrap: Soft start

The Australian sharemarket is likely to follow the soft lead higher from Wall St overnight, with the focus on Westpac Bank's annual results and a raft of annual general meetings. In New York, the Dow Jones moved slightly ahead, as investors paused after ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares end slightly lower

The Australian share market remained slightly weaker in the afternoon session, following a quiet night in major US markets. The All Ordinaries index ended the day at 3301.4, less than one point down on last night's local close. AMP was trading 9c higher ...