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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street posted solid gains following a big jump in US existing-home sales and a mixed bag of earnings reports from Boeing, McDonald's and others. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the June share price ...

The bad and the bad and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... authorities' latest salvo to reduce leverage risks and introduce shorts should temper the rate of price increases in the stock market going forward but with the PBOC still in the mood for stimulation - it lowered the reserve requirement ratio by a full ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following sharp falls on Wall Street on fresh worries about a Greek debt default as US President Barack Obama called on Greece to enact reforms. At 0815 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... to 5,254.35 points. The euro slid to $US1.0613 from $US1.0654 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Hong Kong's stock market ticked higher but Shanghai sank after a further slowdown in Chinese economic growth, while Tokyo edged down on a stronger ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after losses on Wall Street. At 0644 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down eight points at 5,942. On Wall Street, stocks sagged ahead of the start of first-quarter-earnings ...

Floating in money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... they've made (are making) money cheaper to spend money to make money. China's expected to go again soon. Today's stock market boats are floating in a sea of money.

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
The Australian stock market is flat with energy stocks weaker on heavy oil price falls. In early trade on Thursday, mining and energy stocks had given up most of Wednesday's strong gains, IG market strategist Evan Lucas said. And, he said, there was ...

Rebalancing almost leads to accidental takeover bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... occurred on March 20 after more than 8.6 million shares in Monadelphous were purchased by BlackRock. Under Australian stock market rules, once an investor acquires more than 20% it must make an offer for the whole company. Fortunately BlackRock avoided ...

From the mouths of Feds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
A small minus one day, a tiny loss the next and you'll be forgiven for barely noticing that the US stock market had been steadily losing ground all week. But add them all together and they equal something to email your momma about. All up, the S&P 500 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat after a fluctuating night on Wall Street where a rebound in tech stocks offset a transport industry, including airlines, slump. At 0800 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was unchanged ...