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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... Craig Walker said the market was down slightly more than expected today. "The financials have let the market down, with stocks like Allco, Babcock & Brown and Challenger taking a bit of a hit: essentially, any company with heavy reliance on gearing or ...

Subprime wipes 500bp off loonie pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... McDougall added that it was hard for Canadian pension plans to beat the market in 2007, with gains concentrated in just a few stocks. The top three contributors generated more than half the TSX return in 2007: Research in Motion (up 127 per cent), Potash ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... market closed in the red for the tenth session in a row on Friday, a 17-year first, as nervous investors dumped industrial stocks, although the decline was pared by a late surge in the banks. The S&P/ASX200 index lost 48.8 points to 5,747.3 and the All ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... cent or 13.6 points to 5,796.1 and the broader All Ordinaries lost 0.24 per cent or 13.8 points to 5,857. NEW YORK - US stocks tumbled on overnight with data showing a plunge in regional factory activity and news of a hefty loss by brokerage Merrill ...

Market wrap - midday

After eight sessions in the red, the Australian stock market was finally in the black at midday, boosted by financial stocks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 25.4 points to 5,835.1 while the broader All Ordinaries had climbed 20.6 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... cent, to 5,809.7 while the broader All Ordinaries surrendered 149.0 points, or 2.48 per cent, to 5,870.8. NEW YORK - US stocks fell, then rose in choppy trade on Wednesday, as pessimism about the US economy mounted after Intel Corp, the world's largest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower as US stocks plunged overnight on the back of a record quarterly loss at top US bank Citigroup Inc and a surprise drop in US December retail sales. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0805 AEDT, the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... rates again, so the caution still prevails in the market and certainly offers potential for investors to pore over the stocks and see which ones have been badly beaten up, and see what bargains they can unearth. "Broadly, Australian share market valuations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... gold explorer Scotgold Resources Ltd at 1130 AEDT and oil and gas explorer Exoma Energy Ltd at 1300 AEDT. NEW YORK - US stocks rebounded on Monday from last week's losses after IBM reported higher-than-expected preliminary quarterly earnings, spurring ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... she said. "There may be more volume as fund managers come back to work looking for bargains." At 1211 AEDT, the big bank stocks were mixed. Commonwealth Bank had dropped 50 cents to $55.39 after it announced it would open its first branch in Viet Nam. ...