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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight, although weaker metals prices could limit gains from the miners. At 0802 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price Index futures contract was ...

IAG ups Malaysian stake

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
Insurance Australia Group (IAG) has increased its interest in Malaysian joint venture AmAssurance by nearly 15 per cent but is pulling out of the life insurance part of the business. IAG announced on 1 December that it had pumped up its stake in AmAssurance ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
The Australian sharemarket was lower at noon as the influence wore off from overnight gains on Wall Street, and the market digested domestic growth figures which suggested the Australian economy is heading towards contraction. At 1203 AEDT, the benchmark ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US stocks rebounded overnight. At 0700 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price Index futures contract was up 28 points at 3,600. In economic news, the Australian Industry ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
The Australian sharemarket was down nearly three per cent at noon, with the big miners weighing on the local bourse. The focus this afternoon will be on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), which is expected to cut interest rates again. At 1217 AEDT ...

Mr. Scrooge's Ghosts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
It's official. The US is - or has been - in recession since December 2007. Now what? The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the US National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) announced that America's economy entered recession one year ago, despite not ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open weaker, after US and European stocks plunged on a declaration that the US officially is in recession, before the focus at home turns to the next interest rate cut, expected later today. At 0800 AEDT on ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
The Australian stockmarket remained weaker at noon with both the financial and resources sectors holding the market down. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 67.8 points, or 1.81 per cent, at 3674.6, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open stronger on Monday after a rally on Wall Street. At 0723 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange the December Share Price Index futures contract was up 15 points at 3,746. In economic news, amongst data released ...

Dow Jones launches Islamic ASEAN index

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Dow Jones Indexes has launched the Dow Jones Islamic Market (DJIM) ASEAN Index - the first of its kind that represents the performance of Shari'ah-compliant companies in six of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). ...